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.
Zhaosu County is located in the southwest of Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, between latitude 43 °15'N and longitude 80 °08 °81 °30'E. it is a high intermountain basin surrounded by mountains in the inland hinterland of Central Asia. It borders Tekes County in the east, Baicheng County and Wensu County in Aksu region in the south, Kazakhstan in the west and Chabuchal County in the north. The border is about 220 kilometers long, and there is a national first-class port-Muzart Port, which was listed as an open county by the State Council in 2001. The county is about 141km long from east to west and 132km wide from north to south, with a total area of 11200 square kilometers. The county seat, which is 2018 meters above sea level, is the only county with five types of difficult areas in Yili Prefecture. Zhaosu Town, a county town, is 879 kilometers away from Urumqi's highway.