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.
Taishan City, formerly known as Xinning, was established in 1992 as a county-level city in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, located in the southwest of the Pearl River Delta, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao and the South China Sea, adjacent to Xinhui, Kaiping, Enping and Yangjiang respectively. It has the reputation of "the first hometown of overseas Chinese", "two Taishan inside and outside", "the hometown of volleyball", "the hometown of Guangdong Music", "the hometown of Chinese Quyi" and "the hometown of elegant Art". Taishan covers an area of 3286 square kilometers. It now has jurisdiction over two experimental areas, 20 towns and an overseas Chinese farm, which is divided into 503 village committees and 3655 natural villages. At the end of 2016, the city's total registered public security population was 970500, including 395200 in urban areas and 575300 in rural areas. In November 2018, it was identified as the leader by the Ministry of Science and Technology.