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.
Nanchong, also known as "Guocheng, Silk Capital", is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province and the second most populous city in Sichuan. Provincial economic deputy central city, one of the central cities of Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle, important node city of "Belt and Road Initiative" strategy, regional central city of northeast Sichuan, excellent tourist city of China, national garden city, national clean energy demonstration city, one of the top 200 cities with dense belt of southern Suigang cities and towns, and one of the top 200 charming cities with Chinese characteristics. Nanchong is located in the northeast of Sichuan Province and the middle reaches of the Jialing River, which is named because it is located in the south of the country; it has jurisdiction over 3 districts (Shunqing District, Gaoping District, Jialing District), 5 counties (Yingshan County, Xichong County, Nanbu County, Pengan County, Yilong County), escrow one county-level city (Langzhong City), household registration population 7.5902 million (2014), and an area of 12479.96k square.