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.
Dari County, under the jurisdiction of Guoluo Prefecture, Qinghai Province, is located in the southeast of Qinghai Province and in the south of Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture at the junction of Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces. It is bordered by Jiuzhi County in the east, Banma County in the southeast, Seda County in Sichuan Province in the south, Shiqu County in Sichuan Province in the southwest, Maduo County in the northwest, and Maqin and Gande counties in the north across the Yellow River. The county has a total area of 16466 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 9 townships, 1 town, 33 animal husbandry committees, 109 animal husbandry cooperatives and 1 poverty alleviation association, with a total population of more than 30, 000 people (2013). Dari County, with an average elevation of more than 4200 meters above sea level, belongs to an alpine and semi-humid climate, and is one of the natural ecological protection and management areas of the "three Rivers Source". At the same time, it is also an important commodity in Guoluo Prefecture, second only to the location of the prefecture (Dawu), the distribution center of Chinese and Tibetan medicinal materials and Qingchuan Jiao.