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.
Lingao County, which belongs to Hainan Province, is located in the northwest of Hainan Island. Lingao County is located in the northwest of Hainan Island, located at 19 °34 degrees north latitude, 20 °02 degrees east longitude, 109 °3 degrees east longitude. It is bordered by Chengmai County to the east, Danzhou City to the southwest, Beibu Gulf to the northwest, Qiongzhou Strait to the north, and Leizhou Peninsula across the sea. The county government is stationed in Lincheng City, 83 kilometers away from the provincial capital Haikou City. The territory is 34 kilometers wide from east to west and 47 kilometers from north to south. The administrative area covers an area of 1317 square kilometers. The county seat is 82 kilometers away from the provincial capital Haikou. It has jurisdiction over 10 towns, 1 farm (Calais Farm), 2 development zones (Golden Port Economic Development Zone, Lingaojiao Tourism and Holiday Development Zone), 176village committees and 880 natural villages with a population of 515000 (as of 2018).