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.
Taizhou (Taizhou), referred to as "Tai" for short, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, located in the middle of Jiangsu Province. It is bordered by the Yangtze River in the south, Yancheng in the north, Nantong in the east and Yangzhou in the west. The total area of the city is 5787.26 square kilometers, of which the land area accounts for 77.85% and the water area accounts for 22.15%. The urban area is 1567.13 square kilometers. Taizhou Qin said Haiyang, Han said Hailing, the state built the Southern Tang Dynasty, Wenchang Northern Song Dynasty. In the Southern Tang Dynasty (AD 937), it was ruled by the state, which means "the country is prosperous and the people are peaceful", and began to be named Taizhou. Taizhou has a collection of talents and a large number of famous and sages, "the prosperity of the Confucian style, the plain crown of Huainan". Wang Gen, Liu Xizai, Shi Nai'an, Zheng Banqiao and Mei Lanfang are outstanding representatives in the history of Taizhou culture and art. Taizhou is the important water and land of Chengnan and Qibei, and it is the gateway to central Jiangsu. There has been "water" since ancient times.