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.
Xiping is located in the central and southern part of Henan Province, bordering Yuanhui District of Luohe City in the north, Zhumadian City in the south, Shangcai County in the east, and Wugang City in Pingdingshan City in the west. 300 kilometers south of Wuhan and 130 kilometers north of Xinzheng International Airport, it is located in the "one-day economic circle" of Zhengzhou and Wuhan. Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway and National Highway 107 run through the whole territory. Belongs to Zhumadian City. The county has a population of 860000 (2017) and an area of 1089.77 square kilometers. It was approved as an open county by the State Council in 1991, the pilot county of the eastern, central and western cooperation demonstration project of township enterprises by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1994, and the advanced county of establishing a provincial civilized health city by Henan Province in 2002. In 2009, "National Science and Technology to enrich the people and strengthen the County pilot County". September 2, 2018