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.
Cuoqin County is a county in the southeast of Ali region of Tibet Autonomous region, 1079 kilometers away from Lhasa. The geographical coordinates are 31 °00' in latitude 30 °51 in north and 85 °19 in longitude 85 °09 in east longitude. There are many lakes and abundant water sources in the territory. "Cuoqin" means "Great Lake" in Tibetan and gets its name from the Great Saline Lake, which is located more than 10 kilometers east of the county. With an average elevation of more than 4700 meters, it is one of the few high-altitude counties. The government is stationed in Mendong village, Cuoqin town. The territory covers an area of 22000 square kilometers with a total population of 13200 (2013). The second lane of the Singapore-Tibet Highway is passed. Cuoqin County is rich in animal product resources and is one of the pure animal husbandry counties in Tibet and Ali region. The permanent residents are all Tibetans and believe in the Bai religion in Tibetan missionaries, and a small number of them