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.
Pucheng County (ancient Pucheng County, Jianning Prefecture) is a county under the jurisdiction of Nanping City, Fujian Province, the hometown of Dangui in China. Located at the northernmost tip of Fujian Province and the junction of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, it is the "north gate" of Fujian. It has been the first pass for the Central Plains to enter Fujian since ancient times, bordering Jiangshan City, Longquan City, Suichang County in Zhejiang Province and Guangfeng County in Jiangxi Province respectively. It is adjacent to Jianyang City, Wuyishan City and Songxi County in Fujian Province. The county has jurisdiction over 2 streets, 9 towns, 8 townships and 296 villages. At the end of 2006, the registered population was 407000, of which 71600 were non-agricultural. Except for Shibei Town, Shuibei Street Town and other villages and towns, the dialect of northern Fujian is spoken in most of the other areas. The county covers an area of 3383 square kilometers, which is the third largest county in Fujian Province, with a mountain area of 4.374 million mu and cultivated land area.