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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.

Shantou, referred to as "Shantou", a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in Guangdong Province, is an important port city along the southeast coast, an important gateway to the Maritime Silk Road, a central city in eastern Guangdong, and a deputy central city in Guangdong Province. As of 2018, the city has jurisdiction over six districts and one county, with a total area of 2198.7 square kilometers and a resident population of 5.6385 million. Shantou is located in the Chaoshan area of eastern Guangdong, at the southern end of the Han River Delta, Chaozhou to the north, Jieyang to the west, and the South China Sea to the southeast across the sea from Taiwan. The three rivers Hanjiang, Rongjiang and Lianjiang enter the sea is the only city where Chinese mainland has an inner bay. Shantou is an open port city along China's coast, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, and one of the earliest special economic zones in China. There are more than 5 million overseas Chinese and compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, covering more than 100 countries and regions in the world. ..
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