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.
Dangshan, which belongs to Suzhou City, Anhui Province, is called Xiayi in ancient times. It is located at the northernmost end of Anhui Province, at the junction of Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong and Henan provinces and seven counties, and is connected to Xiao County of this province in the southeast. It is adjacent to Yongcheng City, Xiayi County and Yucheng County of Henan Province from south to west; it is connected with Shan County of Shandong Province in the northwest and Feng County of Jiangsu Province in the northeast. The total area is 1193 square kilometers. Dangshan has a long history and rich resources. It has been built for more than 2200 years since Xiayi County was built in Qin Dynasty. Dangshan is known as the "pear capital of the world" and is known as "the hometown of crisp pears in China". In April 2010, it was recognized by Guinness Book of Records as the largest continuous orchard production area in the world. It is "the hometown of Chinese martial arts" and "the hometown of Chinese suona". It is the hometown of Zhu Wen, the founding emperor of the later Liang Dynasty. By 2018, there were 13 towns under the jurisdiction of Dangshan County.