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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").

Taizhou (Taizhou), referred to as "Tai" for short, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, located in the middle of Jiangsu Province. It is bordered by the Yangtze River in the south, Yancheng in the north, Nantong in the east and Yangzhou in the west. The total area of the city is 5787.26 square kilometers, of which the land area accounts for 77.85% and the water area accounts for 22.15%. The urban area is 1567.13 square kilometers. Taizhou Qin said Haiyang, Han said Hailing, the state built the Southern Tang Dynasty, Wenchang Northern Song Dynasty. In the Southern Tang Dynasty (AD 937), it was ruled by the state, which means "the country is prosperous and the people are peaceful", and began to be named Taizhou. Taizhou has a collection of talents and a large number of famous and sages, "the prosperity of the Confucian style, the plain crown of Huainan". Wang Gen, Liu Xizai, Shi Nai'an, Zheng Banqiao and Mei Lanfang are outstanding representatives in the history of Taizhou culture and art. Taizhou is the important water and land of Chengnan and Qibei, and it is the gateway to central Jiangsu. There has been "water" since ancient times.
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