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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.

Zhangye, named after "Zhang Guojie, through the Western regions", is a prefecture-level city in Gansu Province. It is located in the middle of Hexi Corridor in the northwest of Gansu Province. In ancient times, it was called "Ganzhou", that is, the origin of the word "Gan" in Gansu Province. it is known as "the land of mulberry and hemp" and the laudatory name of the land of fish and rice. Rich in wheat, corn, rice, beans, oil, melons and fruits, vegetables, industry has coal, machinery, textile, brewing and other 10 departments. Native products are spring onions, apple pears, Wujiang rice, red dates, Nostoc flagelliforme, silk road spring wine and so on. Zhangye City covers an area of 40874 square kilometers and has a population of 1.31 million. It has jurisdiction over six counties and districts: Ganzhou District, Linze County, Gaotai County, Shandan County, Minle County and Sunan Yugur Autonomous County. By the end of 2017, the resident population was 1.2293 million. There are 38 ethnic groups, including Han, Hui, Tibetan and Yugu.
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