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.
Huangmei County, which belongs to Huanggang City, Hubei Province, is located on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, on the southern edge of the tail of the Dabie Mountains; the terrain is high in the north and low in the south; it belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate; the total area of the county is 1701 square kilometers. As of 2018, Huangmei County has jurisdiction over 12 towns, 4 townships and one scenic spot with a total population of 1.0073 million. Huangmei County was founded in the 18th year of Emperor Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty (598 years). Huangmei County is named for Huangmeishan and Huangmeishui, which has a history of more than 1400 years. Huangmei County is located in Wu Tou and Chuwei, where Jingchu culture and Wu Yue culture mingle, forming a unique Huangmei culture. Huangmei County is located in central China, bordering Hubei, Jiangxi and Anhui provinces, facing Susong in the east, Jiujiang in the south, Wu acupoint in the west, and Lianchun in the north. The Beijing-Kowloon and he-Kowloon railways meet here, and the Shanghai-Chongqing, Fuyin Expressway and Yangtze River waterway cross the border.