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.
Nanhua County is a county under the jurisdiction of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Formerly known as Zhennan, it was changed to Nanhua County in 1954, meaning "beautiful place in the southwest". Nanhua County is located in the west of Chuxiong Prefecture, bordered by Mouding County in the east, Chuxiong City in the southeast, Jingdong Yi Autonomous County in the south, Midu County in the west, Xiangyun County and Yao'an County in the north. The county seat is 33 kilometers away from the state capital Chuxiong City, 192 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kunming, and 175 kilometers away from Dali City. Nanhua County is not only one of the key counties of the national poverty alleviation and development work, but also one of the 47 revolutionary base counties in Yunnan during the War of Liberation. On February 2, 2019, it was rated as a county-level national advanced unit of traditional Chinese medicine by the State Administration of traditional Chinese Medicine. On April 30, 2019, the people's Government of Yunnan Province decided that Nanhua County would withdraw from the sequence of poor counties.