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.
Zhumadian, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, is located in the central and southern part of Henan Province, located in the hilly plain area of the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, on the third geomorphological step of the country, across the eastern edge of Nanyang Basin and Huaibei Plain, in the transition zone between subtropical and warm temperate zone; the total area is 15083 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 1 district and 9 counties; the total population is 8.0518 million in 2018. Zhumadian is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization, the core area of the creation activities of Pangu, the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation, and the hometown of Xuanyuan Huangdi's wife Kuizu. It is the weapons manufacturing center of the warring States period and the hometown of Cai's, Jin's and Jiang's families. There are 7 forest parks in the city, including 4 national forest parks with more natural and cultural landscapes. Zhumadian also has the hometown of Liangzhu, the tomb of Li Si, the prime minister of Qin, and the hexagram pavilion painted by Fuxi.