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.
Liaoyang, known as Xiangping and Liaodong City in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province, a modern industrial city dominated by petrochemical industry, and one of the central cities in the central and southern part of Liaoning Province. Located in the middle of Liaoning Province, it is the deputy central city of Shenyang Economic Zone, an emerging modern petrochemical and textile industry base and an excellent tourist city in China. Liaoyang, the earliest city in Northeast China, is an ancient cultural city with a history of more than 2400 years. From the 3rd century BC to the early 17th century, it has been the political, economic, cultural center, transportation hub and military town of Northeast China. ...