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Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay Area and the eighth most populated city in California. With a population of 440,646 in 2020, it serves as the Bay Area's trade center and economic engine: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth busiest in the United States of America. An act to incorporate the city was passed on May 4, 1852, and incorporation was later approved on March 25, 1854. Oakland is a charter city.

Oakland's territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. In the late 18th century, it became part of a large rancho grant in the colony of New Spain. Its land served as a resource when its hillside oak and redwood timber were logged to build San Francisco. The fertile flatland soils helped it become a prolific agricultural region. In the late 1860s, Oakland was selected as the western terminal of the Transcontinental Railroad. Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many San Francisco citizens moved to Oakland, enlarging the population, increasing its housing stock, and improving its infrastructure. It continued to grow in the 20th century with its busy port, shipyards, and a thriving automobile manufacturing industry.

Ganquan County belongs to the hilly and gully zone of the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi Province, which is located in the middle of Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, with a semi-humid inland monsoon climate. The total area is 2284.7 square kilometers, the total area of cultivated land in the county is 609000 mu, and the forest and grass coverage rate is 78.4%, of which the forest coverage rate is 50.5%. Ganquan gets its name because of the spring water in the foothills of Shenlin, 5 kilometers southwest of the city, which is known as "the hometown of beautiful water". There is a history of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin home Diaoyin County, Northern Wei early home Linzhen County, Tang Wude first year home Fulu County, Tianbao first year changed to Ganquan County. Places of interest include the site of Qin Zhidao, the "Meishui Spring" given by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the White Deer Temple built in the Tang Dynasty, the Millennium Ginkgo Tree, the ancient tombs of the Song Dynasty, and so on. In March 2019, it was listed as the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization district and county list.
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