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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.

Guazhou County, which belongs to Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, is located at the western end of the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, Yumen City, the oil city in the east, Dunhuang City in the west, the Mongolian Autonomous County in Subei in the north and south, and Hami in the northwest. Since ancient times, it has been the transportation hub of east to west and the merchant town of the ancient Silk Road. Guazhou County is 185km long from east to west and 220km wide from north to south, covering an area of 24100 square kilometers. Guazhou County has jurisdiction over 5 towns, 10 townships and 73 administrative villages. at the end of 2011, Guazhou County had a resident population of 149500, including 21 ethnic groups such as Han, Hui, Mongolian and Tibetan, and a minority population of 25000 (2011). Guazhou County has 4 national cultural relics protection units and 16 provincial cultural relics protection units. In 2011, the GDP of Guazhou County reached (G
Travel Notes In Guazhou County