Oklahoma City (/oʊkləˌhoʊmə -/ (listen)), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and is the 8th largest city in the Southern United States. The population grew following the 2010 census and reached 687,725 in the 2020 census. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,396,445, and the Oklahoma City–Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,469,124, making it Oklahoma's largest municipality and metropolitan area by population.
Oklahoma City's city limits extend somewhat into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties, though much of those areas outside the core Oklahoma County area are suburban tracts or protected rural zones (watershed). The city is the eighth-largest in the United States by area including consolidated city-counties; it is the second-largest, after Houston, not including consolidated cities. The city is also the second largest by area among state capital cities in the United States, after Juneau, Alaska.
Liping County, under the jurisdiction of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, is located in the southeast of Guizhou Province, south of Qiandongnan Prefecture, east of Jingzhou Miao Dong Autonomous County and Tong Dong Autonomous County of Hunan Province, Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region in the south, Rongjiang County and Congjiang County of Qiandongnan Prefecture in the west, Jinping County and Jianhe County of Qiandongnan Prefecture in the north. Liping County is the largest county with the largest area and the largest population in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, of which the Dong nationality accounts for about 71% of the total population of the county. It is the county with the largest population of the Dong nationality in China, and it is also the main birthplace of Dong culture, so it has the laudatory name of "the capital of Dong township". Liping is a famous historical and cultural city at the provincial level. the government stationed in Defeng was founded in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. The ancient city is well preserved, with the "oil pot of Shanhai granary".