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.
Yingjisha, a Uyghur language, means "new town". In the Qing Dynasty, the Tu Zhi of the Western regions was made as Ingassar. It has been an important town between Yeerqiang and Kashgar since ancient times, and the military station was set up here in the Qing Dynasty. In the 24 year of Emperor Qianlong (1759), after suppressing the rebellion of Da, Xiao and Zhuomu, he was named Yingjishar. Yingjisha County, which belongs to Kashgar, Xinjiang, is located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, at the northern foot of Kunlun Mountains and on the western edge of Tarim Basin; it is bordered by Shache County in the east, Aktao County in the southwest and northwest, and Shule and Yuepu Lake in the northeast; it is famous as "the hometown of Chinese knives", "the hometown of apricots in China" and "the hometown of Dawazi in China". It is the post station of the ancient land Silk Road and one of the eight major cities in southern Xinjiang. Yingjisha County has a total area of 3425 square kilometers, has jurisdiction over 2 towns and 12 townships, and has an arable land area of 380300.