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.
Huocheng County: a county directly under Yili Prefecture, Xinjiang (in the former Yili area). Huocheng County is located in the open area of the northwest of Yili River Valley. It is a border county dominated by agriculture and the combination of agriculture and animal husbandry. The county is adjacent to Tianshan and Wenquan County of Bortala Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture in the north, across the river to the south, Yining to the east, and Horgos and Kazakhstan to the west. The boundary line is 183 kilometers long, with unique geographical advantages along the border, along the road, along the river and along the mountains. It is the west gate of China, the gateway to Yili and the "throat" to Central and West Asia and other countries. Huocheng County is 120km long from north to south and 85km wide from east to west, with a total area of 5460 square kilometers. Huocheng County has jurisdiction over 3 towns, 7 townships and 1 development zone, with a total population of 364000 (2013) and 29 ethnic groups. two