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.
Guyuan, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, known as Dayuan, Gaoping, Xiaoguan and Yuanzhou in ancient times, is located in the south of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, is a deputy central city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, and is located on the northwest edge of China's Loess Plateau. It is a typical continental climate; it has jurisdiction over 1 district and 4 counties, with a total area of 10540 square kilometers; by the end of 2018, the total number of permanent households in Guyuan is 352000, the total resident population is 1.2424 million, and the total registered population is 1.5077 million. Guyuan is located in the center of the triangle composed of the three provincial capitals of Xi'an, Lanzhou and Yinchuan, one of the five prefecture-level cities of Ningxia and the only non-Yellow River city. Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Revolutionary Base Revitalization Planning Central City, South Ningxia Regional Central City, political, Economic, Cultural Center and Transportation Hub