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.
Mingshan District, which belongs to Benxi City, Liaoning Province, is located in the northeast of Benxi City, with an area of 408.1 square kilometers. The district has jurisdiction over 1 town and 8 streets, 25 administrative villages and 50 community neighborhood committees, with a resident population of 400000 (2014). Mingshan District is bordered by Pingshan District in the southwest, Xihu District in the northwest, Nanfen District in the south and Benxi Manchu Autonomous County in the east. It is 62 kilometers away from the provincial capital Shenyang, 150 kilometers away from Yingkou, 320 kilometers away from Dalian, 640 kilometers away from the capital Beijing and 610 kilometers away from Tianjin. In 2013, the regional GDP reached 16.57 billion yuan, an increase of 11.3% over 2012.