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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.

Pingliang, prefecture-level city of Gansu province. Located in the east of Gansu Province, the eastern foot of Liupan Mountain and the upper reaches of Jinghe River, it is the geometric center of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia "Golden Triangle", across Longshan (Guanshan), east of Xianyang, Shaanxi, west of Dingxi and Baiyin of Gansu, south of Baoji of Shaanxi and Tianshui of Gansu, and adjacent to Guyuan of Ningxia and Qingyang of Gansu to the north. Pingliang is an important animal husbandry base and fur distribution center in northwest China, and the main agricultural and forestry product production base and animal husbandry in Gansu Province. Pingliang, known as "Longshang dry Wharf", is an important city that must pass through the ancient "Silk Road". It is historically known as "the first city of Chang'an in the west". Since ancient times, Pingliang has been an important town for the barrier of the three Qin dynasties and the control of Wuyuan. It is a "must-contend place for soldiers" and a traditional commodity distribution center in Longdong. The traffic and military focal point of the Central Plains leading to the western region and the eastern end of the ancient Silk Road, not only in the northwest region.
Travel Notes In Pingliang