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.
Lianyuan City, which belongs to Loudi City, Hunan Province, is located in the central part of Hunan Province, the northern margin of Hengshao Basin, the upper reaches of Lianshui and Sunshui. Lianyuan City, with a total area of 1830 square kilometers, has jurisdiction over 19 township offices and 1 high-tech zone, with a resident population of 983000 by the end of 2017. Lianyuan is located in the geometric center of Hunan and is an important transportation hub in central Hunan. Lou-Xin Expressway, Changshaolou Expressway, Erguang Expressway and Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway run through the whole territory. Lianyuan City is rich in natural resources, known as "sea of coal", "hometown of building materials" and "hometown of non-ferrous metals". It is Hunan energy and raw material base, 100 key coal-producing counties and cities, national well-known coal machinery production base, and national grain-producing counties. In 2018, Lianyuan City achieved a GDP of 29.06 billion yuan.