Los Angeles (US: /lɔːs ˈændʒələs/ (listen) lawss AN-jəl-əs;[a] Spanish: Los Ángeles [los ˈaŋxeles], lit. 'The Angels'), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to its east. It covers about 469 square miles (1,210 km2), and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estimated 9.86 million residents as of 2022.
Danyang, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, in charge of county-level cities, was called qu'an in ancient times, and got its name from the meaning of "Danfeng Chaoyang". Located in the Yangtze River Delta, located in the south of Jiangsu Province, belongs to the Taihu Lake basin. Danyang is one of the birthplaces of Wu culture. It was founded in the warring States period and is the hometown of Qi and Liang dynasties. Danyang culture belongs to Wu Yue culture, and the people of Danyang belong to the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Rivers crisscross in Danyang, 122 Provincial Highway, 312 National Highway, Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Zhendan Expressway, Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway, Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity Railway, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. In 1987, it was approved by the State Council to withdraw counties and build cities, and was listed as a coastal open city. Danyang is the world's largest lens production base, known as the "hometown of Chinese glasses" Meiji. The economic strength of Danyang ranks No. 1 in the comprehensive competitiveness of county-level cities in China in 2013.