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.
Maqu County, which belongs to Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, is located in the southwest of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, the eastern end of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the junction of Gansu, Qinghai and Sichuan provinces, and the first curved part of the Yellow River. It is located between longitude 100 °4545 "~ 102 °2900" east and latitude 33 °0630" ~ 34 °3015 "north, bordering Luqu County of Benzhou by Xidianshan in the northeast and Ruoergai County and Aba County of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province in the southeast. Maqu County has a total area of 10190 square kilometers and a total population of 54900 (2011), of which Tibetans account for 2/3, with an average elevation of 3700 meters. Maqu belongs to the Qiang nationality in ancient times. After Tubo unified the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in 663 AD, it became a nomadic place for Tibetans. In 2011, Maqu