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.
Shache is located in the southwestern border of Xinjiang, the northern foot of the Kunlun Mountains, the southern edge of the Pamir Plateau, the middle and upper reaches of the Yeerqiang River alluvial fan plain between the Taklimakan Desert and Buguri Desert, with a total area of 9037 square kilometers. it has jurisdiction over 32 townships (districts and streets), 485 administrative villages and 73 communities, with a registered population of 870000. There are more than 20 ethnic groups, including Uygur, Han, Hui and Tajik, and ethnic minorities account for 96.3% of the total population. Shache has a history of more than 3000 years. It has become a famous tribal country in the Western region for several times, successively known as Shache, Qusha and Yeerqiang Khanate, which is the focal point of the ancient Silk Road and an important place for military garrison. It is a famous historical and cultural city with the integration of humanistic landscape and natural landscape, Central Asian culture and Western culture.