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.
Shanwei City, referred to as Shancheng District, belongs to Shanwei City, Guangdong Province, located on the southeast coast of Guangdong Province, bordering the South China Sea to the south, Heyuan and Meizhou to the north, Shantou and Chaozhou to the east, Huizhou and Shenzhen to the west, and adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao. It is 160 kilometers east of Shantou and 120 kilometers west of Shenzhen, and the waterway is only 81 nautical miles away from Hong Kong. It is an important channel connecting eastern Guangdong, the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong and Macao. It is one of the important central cities in the coastal areas of eastern Guangdong. It has unique geographical advantages and profound development potential. Shanwei City has a long history, since ancient times, there have been ancestors living here, better retain the essence of the Central Plains culture, Chaoshan culture, ou Yue culture. In March 2019, it was on the list of the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization districts and counties.