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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.

Taicang City, a county-level city hosted by Suzhou City in Jiangsu Province, is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, on the south bank of the Yangtze River Estuary. It is bordered by the Yangtze River to the east, across the river from Chongming District, Baoshan District and Jiading District of Shanghai to the south, Kunshan City to the west and Changshu City to the north. The total area of the city is 823 square kilometers, the water area of the Yangtze River is 143.97 square kilometers, and the land area is 665.96 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 1 street, 6 towns and Taicang Port Economic Development Zone. Taicang culture belongs to Wu Yue culture, Taicang people belong to Jiangsu and Zhejiang people, and use Wu language. Taicang, as the nearest city to Shanghai, has formed the "co-city effect" of geographical proximity, popularity, economic integration and language and culture in Shanghai for a long time. Taicang is close to Shanghai and becomes the "back garden" of Shanghai. Taicang belongs to the subtropical monsoon area with four distinct seasons.
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