Phoenix (/ˈfiːnɪks/ FEE-niks; Navajo: Hoozdo; Spanish: Fénix or Fínix,[citation needed] Walapai: Banyà:nyuwá) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state
of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the only U.S. state capital with a population of more than one million residents.
Phoenix is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, which in turn is part of the Salt River Valley. The metropolitan area is the 11th largest by population in the United States, with approximately 4.85 million people as of 2020. Phoenix, the seat of Maricopa County, has the largest area of all cities in Arizona, with an area of 517.9 square miles (1,341 km2), and is also the 11th largest city by area in the United States. It is the largest metropolitan area, both by population and size, of the Arizona Sun Corridor megaregion.
Guanghan, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province, is hosted by Deyang City. Known as Hanzhou in ancient times, also known as Yancheng, it is the first pilot county (city) in Sichuan to expand its power. It is 18 kilometers north of Jingyang District of Deyang City and 24 kilometers south of Chengdu City. It is located at the western foot of Longquan Mountains in the northeast of Chengdu Plain. Guanghan belongs to the humid climate zone in the middle subtropical zone of Sichuan Basin; it has jurisdiction over 9 townships and 3 streets with a total area of 538 square kilometers and has a registered population of 604000 in 2017. Guanghan is located in the core area of the hinterland of "the land of abundance". Since ancient times, it has been said that "the gate of Yizhou, the main thoroughfare of Shu province and the way to Beijing" is the north gate of Chengdu. Sanxingdui site in Guanghan is an ancient Shu cultural site about 5000 to 3000 years ago, which is regarded as one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of mankind in the 20th century, indicating the Yangtze River valley and the Yellow River.