San Antonio (/ˌsæn ænˈtoʊnioʊ/ SAN an-TOH-nee-oh; Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in Texas, United States. The city is the seventh-most populous in the United States, the second-largest in the Southern United States, and the second-most populous in Texas. It is the 12th most-populous city in North America, with 1,434,625 residents in 2020.
Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city in 1731 became the first chartered civil settlement in what is now present-day Texas. The area was then part of the Spanish Empire. From 1821 to 1836, it was part of the Mexican Republic. It is the oldest municipality in Texas, having celebrated its 300th anniversary on May 1, 2018.
Baijiantan District is the municipal district of Karamay City, Xinjiang, 30 kilometers northeast of the city. In 1956, when the oil workers explored here, they saw that there was a vast expanse of saline and alkali everywhere, hence the name. Baijiantan area is located in the northwest margin of Junggar Basin, bordering Tori County in the north, Buxel County in the south, Karamay District in the southwest and Wuerhe District in the northeast, with a total area of 1272 square kilometers. Most of the landforms are Gobi (desert), which is located in the typical continental climate zone of mid-temperate zone. In 2016, the local GDP of Baijiantan District was 2.12 billion yuan. Of this total, the added value of the primary industry was 60 million yuan, the secondary industry was 910 million yuan, and the tertiary industry was 1.15 billion yuan. By the end of 2017, Baijiantan District had jurisdiction over two streets and one town, with a total of 20 community neighborhood committees and 5 administrations.