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.
Shanwei City is located on the southeast coast of Guangdong Province, bordering Jieyang City to the east, Huilai County to the east, Huizhou City to the west, Huidong County to the west, Heyuan City to the north, Zijin County to the north, and the South China Sea to the south. The total area is 5271 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 1 city, 2 counties and 3 districts, such as urban area, Haifeng County, Lufeng City, Luhe County, Honghai Bay Economic Development Experimental Zone and overseas Chinese Management Zone, with a total population of more than 3.3 million. There are 93 islands, 12 ports and 3 sea lakes in the sea area of Shanwei City. Shanwei Port is a natural deep-water port and the first-class coastal open port in the country. The inland topography of the area is dominated by mountains and hills, and there are many plains and hills along the coast. Hai Lufeng Revolutionary Base is one of the 13 revolutionary base areas in China. Shanwei is the meeting place of Chaoshan culture, Minnan culture, Guangfu culture and Hakka culture.