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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.

Minxian, which belongs to Dingxi City, Gansu Province, is named because of Minshan, which is located in the south of Dingxi City, Gansu Province. The establishment of Minxian County can be traced back to the eighth year of Qin Wangzheng (239 BC), which was called Lintao, which was the western starting point of the Qin Great Wall. Minzhou was established in the 10th year of Emperor Wendi's Great Unification of the Western Wei Dynasty (AD 544), changed to Minxian County in 1913, and was placed under the jurisdiction of Dingxi after 1985. Minxian County has jurisdiction over 9 townships and 9 towns, with a total area of 3578 square kilometers and a total population of 490300 (2014). The government is resident in Minyang Town. Minxian County is located on the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is the Gannan grassland to the Loess Plateau, Longnan mountain transition zone, the territory elevation of 2040-3754 meters, known as "Longyuan dry Wharf". The climate is plateau continental climate, low temperature and dry, frequent natural disasters.
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