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.
Dazi District, which belongs to Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous region, is located in the central and southern part of Lhasa, the middle reaches of the Lhasa River, and the east-west Chala Mountains and Guogalari Mountains in the north and south, respectively. Dazi District, 20 kilometers away from Lhasa, is known as the "East Gate" of Lhasa. The average elevation of the whole region is 4100 meters, the lowest elevation of the river valley is 3730 meters, the annual average temperature is 7.5 ℃, the average annual sunshine is 3065 hours, and the average rainfall is 450mm. The total area of the county is 1373 square kilometers, with an area of 68500 mu of cultivated land. As of December 2017, the region has jurisdiction over five townships and one town, with a total population of 30,000. There are 14 temples and Rizu Lakang in Dazi District, among which Gandan Temple, which was built at the beginning of the 15th century and has a history of more than 600 years, is the first of the six major temples of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism (Huangjiao).