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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.

Guazhou County, which belongs to Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, is located at the western end of the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, Yumen City, the oil city in the east, Dunhuang City in the west, the Mongolian Autonomous County in Subei in the north and south, and Hami in the northwest. Since ancient times, it has been the transportation hub of east to west and the merchant town of the ancient Silk Road. Guazhou County is 185km long from east to west and 220km wide from north to south, covering an area of 24100 square kilometers. Guazhou County has jurisdiction over 5 towns, 10 townships and 73 administrative villages. at the end of 2011, Guazhou County had a resident population of 149500, including 21 ethnic groups such as Han, Hui, Mongolian and Tibetan, and a minority population of 25000 (2011). Guazhou County has 4 national cultural relics protection units and 16 provincial cultural relics protection units. In 2011, the GDP of Guazhou County reached (G
Travel Notes In Guazhou County