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.
Changqiao District, which belongs to Suzhou City, Anhui Province, is located in the northeast of Anhui Province, bordering the three provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong and Henan. It was renamed from the former county-level Suzhou City in 1999. It is the only municipal district of Suzhou City, with a total area of 2868 square kilometers. Yuanqiao has a long history, it was the fief of the ancient "Sui Kingdom" in the Spring and Autumn period, and it was already a "gathering place of boats and cars and a thoroughfare in Kyushu" in the Qin and Han dynasties. After the opening of the "Tongji Canal" in the Sui Dynasty, it became a military town of "strangling and controlling the Huaihe River". Confucius practiced Zhou Li here; Min Ziqian, a high apprentice of Confucius and a sage of the Chinese nation, was born here; Bai Juyi grew up here until he became famous in Changan; Wang Ji, Han Yu, Su Shi, Yuan Mei and others left splendid poems; modern and modern cultural celebrities such as Mei Chunyi, Li Bairen, Yang Zaibao, Li Bingshu, and so on. This is the old uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Daze Township.