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Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the fourth most populous city in the southeastern U.S. Located on the Cumberland River, the city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, which is one of the fastest growing in the nation.

Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railroad center. Nashville seceded with Tennessee during the American Civil War; in 1862 it was the first state capital in the Confederacy to be taken by Union forces. After the war, the city reclaimed its position and developed a manufacturing base.

Since 1963, Nashville has had a consolidated city-county government, which includes six smaller municipalities in a two-tier system. The city is governed by a mayor, a vice-mayor, and a 40-member metropolitan council; 35 of the members are elected from single-member districts, while the other five are elected at-large. Reflecting the city's position in state government, Nashville is home to the Tennessee Supreme Court's courthouse for Middle Tennessee, one of the state's three divisions.

Suzhou, referred to as "Su" in ancient times, is an important part of the prefecture-level cities under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province and the Yangtze River urban agglomeration. Approved by the State Council, it is one of the national historical and cultural cities and scenic tourism cities, the national high-tech industrial base and one of the important central cities in the Yangtze River Delta. By 2018, the city had jurisdiction over five districts and four county-level cities in escrow, with a total area of 8488.42 square kilometers, a built-up area of 461.65 square kilometers, a resident population of 10.7217 million, and an urban population of 8.1539 million, with a urbanization rate of 76.05%. Suzhou is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province and the middle of the Yangtze River Delta, facing Shanghai to the east, Jiaxing to the south, Taihu Lake to the west and the Yangtze River to the north, longitude 119 °55 to the east, 121 °20 to the north, latitude 3.
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