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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.

Tongxu, known as Xianping in ancient times, has a long history and culture, and now belongs to Kaifeng, the ancient capital of the seven dynasties. Tongxu County is located in the middle and east of Henan Province, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, belonging to the eastern plain of Henan Province. The topography is high in the west and low in the east, high in the north and low in the south, tilting from northwest to southeast. It faces the Yellow River to the north, Songshan Shaolin to the west, Shangqiu, the important town in the east of Henan Province to the east, Zhoukou, a famous historical city to the south, 80 kilometers to the northwest from the provincial capital Zhengzhou, and 40 kilometers to the north to Kaifeng, the ancient capital. Located in the core area of the construction of the national strategic Central Plains Economic Zone, it is the route of Hengxiang railway in the planning. Tongxu County has jurisdiction over six towns and six townships, with a width of 30.5km from east to west and 34.8km from north to south, with a total area of 766.22 square kilometers. It is a part of the Huang-Huai Plain formed by the impact to the south of the Yellow River. The soil area of the county is 963742 mu.
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