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.
Chaoan (TeoAnn/ChaoAn), under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou City, is located in the eastern part of Guangdong Province, in the middle and lower reaches of the Hanjiang River, which runs 96 kilometers from north to south, and connects to the Shantou Special Economic Zone in the south. It is located in the "Golden Triangle" zone of Shantou, Chaozhou and Jieyang. Chaoan District has jurisdiction over 16 towns and 1 state-run forest farm, including 313000 mu of arable land and 1.1 million mu of mountainous and hilly areas, with a total area of 1065.92 square kilometers and 28 community neighborhood committees, with a total population of 1.004 million in 2013. Chaoan is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, with 700000 Chaoan ethnic Chinese, overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan living overseas. Chaoan was founded in the sixth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 331).