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.
Ningling County is located in the west of Shangqiu City, with a total area of 798 square kilometers, 14 townships, 1 industrial agglomeration area, 1 characteristic business district, 364 administrative villages (neighborhood committees), with a total population of 650000 and cultivated land of 793000 mu. It has been awarded the honorary titles of Getian Culture Township of China, Longevity Township of China, National Grain production County, National key County of Poverty Alleviation, National Agricultural Science and Technology Park, National Rural Tourism and Leisure Agriculture demonstration County, the most characteristic Cultural and Ecological Tourism County of China, Science Popularization demonstration County of Henan Province, County of remarkable Progress in Safety Construction and Advanced Unit of production Safety in Henan Province. County industrial agglomeration area won the first place in the province's "Ten Express" industrial agglomeration area. Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty was born in Ningling County in the first year of Yuan Hunting (122 BC). It has been more than 2100 years since the establishment of the county.