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.
Jiexiu City is located in the hinterland of Shanxi Province, to the south of Taiyuan Basin, with geographical coordinates of 111 °44 °10 "- 112 °10" E and 36 °50 °01 "- 37 °11 °04" N, bordering Fenyang City and Pingyao County in the north and northeast, Qinyuan County in the southeast, Lingshi County in the southwest and Xiaoyi City in the northwest. Jiexiu belongs to the temperate monsoon climate zone, cold in winter and summer in summer, with four distinct seasons. The city has jurisdiction over 5 streets, 7 towns and 3 townships, with a total administrative area of 744 square kilometers and a resident population of 436000 (2017). Jiexiu City is known as "the hometown of the three sages", Jiexiu, who was divided into shares in the Spring and Autumn period, Guo Linzong, who wrote Botong classics in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Wen Yanbo, who has been in office for 50 years in the Northern Song Dynasty.