Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California.
Incorporated in 1897, Long Beach lies in Southern California in the southern part of Los Angeles County. Long Beach is approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of downtown Los Angeles, and is part of the Gateway Cities region. The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports. The city is over an oilfield with minor wells both directly beneath the city as well as offshore.
The city is known for its waterfront attractions, including the permanently docked RMS Queen Mary and the Aquarium of the Pacific. Long Beach also hosts the Grand Prix of Long Beach, an IndyCar race and the Long Beach Pride Festival and Parade. California State University, Long Beach, one of the largest universities in California by enrollment, is within the city.
Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, one of the five autonomous prefectures in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is based in Yining City. It is the only autonomous prefecture in China that has jurisdiction over both prefectural and county administrative regions. it is located in the Yili River Valley in the north of Tianshan in the west of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, with temperate continental climate and alpine climate. It has jurisdiction over 2 prefecture-level administrative regions and 11 county-level administrative regions, with a total area of 268593 square kilometers. The total population in 2017 is 4.6171 million. Ili Prefecture is adjacent to the Eurasian country of Kazakhstan, and there are Yili normal University in the west. The fourth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th divisions of the Xinjiang production and Construction Corps and a number of units directly under the central and autonomous regions, such as Xinjiang Mining and Metallurgical Bureau, Tianxi Forestry Bureau, Ashan Forestry Bureau, Xinjiang cigarette Factory, Ashi Gold Mine, etc. Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture is Xinjiang fine wool sheep and Yili horse.