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.
Guanxian, a county under the jurisdiction of Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, is located at the junction of Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces, with Dongchangfu District to the east, Linqing City to the north and Shenxian to the south. The whole territory is located in the yellow flood plain in northwest Shandong, which is part of the North China Plain with four distinct seasons; the total area is 1152 square kilometers. Jurisdiction over 3 streets, 11 towns, 4 townships; 2016 total population of 866300. Guanxian has a long history. Ran Zi, a disciple of Confucius, traveled here for a long time, and Xiaocheng, an ancient city in the Song and Liao dynasties, survived. In Guanxian, Ji-Yi Railway connects Jingjiu to the east and Jing-Guang to the west, Qinglan Expressway and 329 Provincial Highway run through the whole territory. Jingjiu Highway and National Highway 106 run through the north and south; Chaquan, Liulin Huagu and Langzhuang flour sculptures all originated in Guanxian. In 2016, the GDP of Guanxian County reached 28.719 billion yuan, an increase over the previous year at comparable prices.