San Jose,[A] officially San José (/ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ, -ˈseɪ/; Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]; Spanish for 'Saint Joseph'),[B] is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 population of 1,013,240, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, which contain 7.7 million and 9.7 million people respectively, the third-most populous city in California (after Los Angeles and San Diego and ahead of San Francisco), and the tenth-most populous in the United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 sq mi (466.1 km2). San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County and the main component of the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara Metropolitan Statistical Area, with an estimated population of around two million residents in 2018.
Bazhong, a prefecture-level city of Sichuan Province, is located in the northeast of Sichuan Basin, at the southern foot of Micang Mountain in the Dabashan system, south of the north-south dividing line between Qinling and Huaihe River in China, to the east, Nanchong in the south, Guangyuan in the west, and Hanzhong in Shaanxi to the north. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, tilting from north to south; it is a subtropical humid monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. The city has a total area of 12292 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 2 districts and 3 counties. In 2017, the resident population is 3.3167 million. Bazhong has revolutionary relics such as the Red Army Martyrs Mausoleum and Red Army stone carving slogans, known as the "Open-air Museum of the Chinese Revolution", has a world geological park, two scenic spots are creating national AAAAA-level scenic spots, a total of 19 national AAAAA-level scenic spots. Bazhong is the second largest Soviet area in China, with red ruins.