Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-most populous city in Tennessee, after Nashville.
Memphis is the fifth-most populous city in the Southeast, the nation's 28th-largest overall, as well as the largest city bordering the Mississippi River. The Memphis metropolitan area includes West Tennessee and the greater Mid-South region, which includes portions of neighboring Arkansas, Mississippi and the Missouri Bootheel. One of the more historic and culturally significant cities of the Southern United States, Memphis has a wide variety of landscapes and distinct neighborhoods.
Mianning County, which belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, is located in the southwest of Sichuan Province, in the north of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, adjacent to Xiaoxiangling in the east, Xichang and Yanyuan in the south, Muli and Jiulong in the west, and Bodhisattva Gang and Shimian County in the north. The total area is 4420 square kilometers. Mianning is located in the Panxi Rift Valley, and the Anning River and Nanya River originate in the territory. The Yalong River winds through the southwest and is known as the rice granary on the banks of the Anning River. It is a "major county of national grain production" and "a big county for pig transfer". More than 30 kinds of minerals have been proved to be of mining value, among which the reserves of rare earths rank second in the country. Mianning is an old revolutionary base. In 24 (1935), after the long March of the Red Army passed through Mianning, the Red Army was established to enter Sichuan.