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.
Kashgar, which belongs to the Kashgar region of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is located in the southwest edge of Xinjiang, west of the Tarim Basin, east of the Taklimakan Desert, south of the Karakoram Mountains and Ali region of Tibet, and west of the Pamir Plateau. It is the westernmost border city in China and the resident of the administrative office of Kashgar region. Kashgar covers an area of 1056.8 square kilometers and has a population of 627900 (2016). It has jurisdiction over 6 streets, 2 towns and 9 townships. Kashgar is the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of southern Xinjiang, and the largest distribution center of agricultural and animal husbandry products. It is also an important commercial port on the ancient Silk Road, the throat hub of the transportation between the East and the West, and an important intersection of economy, culture and civilization between the East and the West. In December 1986, Kashgar was listed as a famous historical and cultural city in China. In May 2004, Kashgar was named Zhongzhong.