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.
Dafang County, located in the northwest of Guizhou Province, belongs to Bijie City, Jinsha County in the east, Qianxi County in the south and Qixingguan District in the west. It is located in the core of Guizhou Golden Triangle. The county seat is 150 kilometers away from the provincial capital Guiyang. There are 36 townships in the county, inhabited by 23 ethnic groups, including Han, Yi, Miao, Bai and Gelao, with a population of 1.03 million. Rich in mineral resources, perfect infrastructure and superior geographical location, it is an important transportation hub and material distribution center in northwest Guizhou. In the generous territory, there are tourist attractions such as the ancient city of Muge, the ancient town of luxury incense, Longchangping Mountain, Magan Mountain grassland, Muzhai Village, oil fir river, Zhiga Aru Lake, luxury incense tomb, Kuifeng Pagoda, Geya Ancient Post Road, Jihuo Stele, Dadu River Bridge, Qingxu Cave and other tourist attractions. September 25, 2018, won the honor of "2018 e-commerce into the rural comprehensive demonstration county" of the Ministry of Commerce.