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.
Bortala Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture, referred to as "Bozhou", belongs to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. "Bortala" is Mongolian, meaning "silver grassland". It is located on the northwest edge of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region and in the hinterland of Eurasia. the mountains on the west, north and south are continental arid climate in the north temperate zone. With a total area of 27000 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 2 county-level cities and 2 counties. The total population in 2018 is 478509. Bordering Kazakhstan, Bozhou has a border of 372 kilometers. It is an important connecting point at home and abroad and a key point for import and export of goods in the "middle channel" of the Silk Road Economic Belt. The second Eurasian Continental Bridge runs through the whole territory. The China-Kazakhstan oil pipeline and the second line of the west-east natural gas pipeline pass through the border. It is the confluence of two major traffic arteries and two ports, National Highway 312 and Provincial Highway 219 and Jingyihuo.