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.
Minle County, which belongs to Zhangye City, Gansu Province, is located at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain, the middle of Hexi Corridor, the southeast of Zhangye City, bordering Shandan and Yongchang counties in the east, Qilian County and Menyuan County in Qinghai Province in the south, Yugu Autonomous County in Sunan in the southwest, and Gansu District in Zhangye City in the west and northwest. The geographical coordinates are between 100 °22 °59 "~ 101 °13 °9" east longitude and 37 °56'19 "~ 38 °48" 17 "north latitude. It is 73.8km wide from east to west and 95.4km long from north to south, with a total area of 3678 square kilometers (2013). With a population of 230800 (2013), Minle County achieved a GDP of 1.658 billion yuan in 2007. Minle County has Haichao Lake Ecological Resort, Bandukou Ecological Leisure Tourism area and Nuniu.