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.
Yining County, which belongs to Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is located in the west of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, the western part of Tianshan Mountain and the middle of Yili River Valley. The geographical coordinates are 81 °13 °40 "- 82 °42" 20 "east longitude and 43 °35" 10 "- 44 °29" 30 "north latitude. The county has the longest east-west distance of 116km and the widest north-south distance of 95 km, with a total area of 6152.55 square kilometers. by the end of 2017, Yining County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 10 townships, as well as 3 farm-level units with a total population of 430690. Yining County, formerly known as Ningyuan County, was founded in the 14th year of Guang Xu in the Qing Dynasty (1888). It got its name from the county governance of Ningyuan. In 1913, it was changed to Yining County and got its name from the first words Yili and Ningyuan.