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.
Huaiji County, which belongs to Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, is located in the northwest of Guangdong Province, the north of Zhaoqing City and the upper reaches of Suijiang River, a tributary of Beijiang River. It is located in the uplift belt of western Guangdong, with basin areas in the west, low hills and high hills in the middle and south, with a subtropical climate, long summer and short winter, abundant rainfall, and an annual average temperature of 21.1℃. With a total area of 3554.07 square kilometers, it is the largest county in Zhaoqing County. As of 2017, Huaiji County has jurisdiction over 18 towns and one nationality township, with a registered population of 1.1 million and a resident population of 848400. Huaiji County was established in Yintun Township, Sihui County, Nanhai County in the 13th year of Song Yuanjia of the Southern Dynasty (436 years). The Song Dynasty formed the basic realm of today's Huaiji County. The Yuan Dynasty was transferred to Hezhou, Huguangzhong Book Co., Ltd. The Ming Dynasty was transferred to Wuzhou Prefecture in Guangxi. It was assigned to Guangdong Province in March 1952 and Zhao in 1988.