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.
Zepu County, the abbreviation of "Zepuleshan", gets its name from Zele Kushan River. Zeplesan, Tajik, means "river of gold". The river has sand gold, hence its name. Zep, also known as Boskamu, is the pronunciation of "Persian Tikan" in Uyghur language, meaning "fertile land". Belongs to the Kashgar region of Xinjiang, located in the southwest of Xinjiang, the northern foot of Kunlun Mountains, the eastern side of Karakoram Mountains, the western edge of the Taklimakan Desert. It is bounded by the Yeerqiang River in the west, Shache County in the west, Yecheng County in the east and southeast, and Yecheng County in the southwest. It covers an area of 999.96 square kilometers with a population of 200000. Zepu County is 1215-1490 meters above sea level and belongs to warm temperate continental arid climate. The annual average temperature is 11.4 ℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 39.5 ℃, and the extreme minimum temperature is-2.