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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.

Kunming, also known as Chuncheng, is the capital of Yunnan Province, the central city of central Yunnan urban agglomeration, and one of the important central cities in western China approved by the State Council. By 2018, the city had jurisdiction over seven districts, three counties, three autonomous counties and one county-level city, with a total area of 21473 square kilometers, a built-up area of 435.81 square kilometers, a resident population of 6.85 million, an urban population of 4.9902 million, and a urbanization rate of 72.85 percent. Kunming is located in southwest China and the middle of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with the unique location of "connecting the coast of Guizhou and Guitong in the east, entering the Central Plains through Sichuan and Chongqing in the north, reaching Thailand / Cambodia in the south, and connecting India and Pakistan in the west". It is located at the intersection of the north-south international channel and the third east-west Eurasian continental bridge starting from Shenzhen.
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