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.
The new urban area, together with the national Urumqi High-tech Industrial Development Zone, implements & quot; District political Integration & quot; system, which belongs to Urumqi City of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region and is located in the northwest of Urumqi City. It is 14 km long from east to west and 9 km wide from north to south. The total area of the new urban area is 143sq km, with a total population of 379220 (2000). The new urban area has jurisdiction over 1 town, 4 townships and 13 streets, inhabited by 38 ethnic groups such as Han, Uygur and Hui. In the area under its jurisdiction, there are more than 500 units of the central government, autonomous regions, troops stationed in Ukraine, the Armed Police Force, the production and Construction Corps, and more than 20 scientific research institutes such as the Xinjiang Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences. There are 33 colleges and universities, such as Xinjiang Medical University and Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics. The new urban area is the pass.