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.
Muchuan County, under the jurisdiction of Leshan City, Sichuan Province, is located in the southwest of Sichuan Basin, the triangle between Minjiang River, Dadu River and Jinsha River in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It is bordered by Yibin in the east, Pingshan County in the south, Shawan District and Jianwei County in the north, Ebian County in the west and Mabian County in the southwest. It covers an area of 1408 square kilometers with a population of 260000. The territory has fresh air, beautiful scenery, rich products and simple folk customs, with a forest coverage rate of 77.34%, known as "natural oxygen bar" and "green pearl". It is the pilot county of the national ecological civilization demonstration project, the national ecological demonstration area, the national key ecological functional area, the hometown of bamboo in China, the national greening model county, the national forestry science and technology demonstration county, and the best green eco-tourism county in China. On July 31, 2018, the Sichuan Provincial Government approved Muchuan County to withdraw from poverty.