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Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968. Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits. As of 2020, Jacksonville's population is 949,611, making it the 12th most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in the Southeast, and the most populous city in the South outside of the state of Texas. With a population of 1,733,937, the Jacksonville metropolitan area ranks as Florida's fourth-largest metropolitan region.

Jacksonville straddles the St. Johns River in the First Coast region of northeastern Florida, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) south of the Georgia state line (25 mi or 40 km to the urban core/downtown) and 350 miles (560 km) north of Miami. The Jacksonville Beaches communities are along the adjacent Atlantic coast. The area was originally inhabited by the Timucua people, and in 1564 was the site of the French colony of Fort Caroline, one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the continental United States. Under British rule, a settlement grew at the narrow point in the river where cattle crossed, known as Wacca Pilatka to the Seminole and the Cow Ford to the British. A platted town was established there in 1822, a year after the United States gained Florida from Spain; it was named after Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of the Florida Territory and seventh President of the United States.

Harbor improvements since the late 19th century have made Jacksonville a major military and civilian deep-water port. Its riverine location facilitates Naval Station Mayport, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, the U.S. Marine Corps Blount Island Command, and the Port of Jacksonville, Florida's third largest seaport. Jacksonville's military bases and the nearby Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay form the third largest military presence in the United States. Significant factors in the local economy include services such as banking, insurance, healthcare and logistics. As with much of Florida, tourism is important to the Jacksonville area, particularly tourism related to golf. People from Jacksonville are sometimes called "Jacksonvillians" or "Jaxsons" (also spelled "Jaxons").

Helan County (Pinyin: Helan Xian), under the jurisdiction of Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, is located in the northern part of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, bought Lian County in the Western Han Dynasty, and changed its name to Helan County in 1941. As of 2013, Helan County covers an area of 1599 square kilometers. As of 2018, it has jurisdiction over 4 towns, 1 township, 3 fields and 1 management committee. In 2016, the total population of Helan County (resident population) was 255995. Helan County is located in the northwest inland of China's Loess Plateau, in the middle of the Qingtong Gorge irrigation area in Yinchuan Plain, mountainous area in the west and plain in the east. The basic characteristics of the topography trend are high in the southwest and low in the northeast, with a distorted surface tilting from southwest to northeast. The whole area is mainly composed of western mountain and eastern plain.
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Yinchuan tour in May 2013
It was almost Mother's Day that year, and I took a day off on Sunday to spend four memorable days with my two mothers. After a woman gets married, she
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Take you to explore the Saishang Jiangnan in the desert One mountain, one world, one river and one horizon, the four seasons in Ningxia have beauty be
Warm sun in winter, meeting the rock paintings of Helan Mountain
In winter, people often think of ice and snow, cold wind blowing, but today's Helan Mountain is very quiet and beautiful illuminated by the warm sun i
The movement and stillness of Helan Mountain-- blue sheep and petroglyphs
2017-09-07 One move--blue sheep: It is a national second-class protected animal, and its coat color is the same as that of Helan Mountain, which is th