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.
Shenxian is a county under the jurisdiction of Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, which is located in the west of Shandong Province, the southwest of Liaocheng City and the junction of Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces. With an area of 1420 square kilometers and a population of 1.038 million (2014), Liaocheng is the largest and most populous county in Liaocheng. It has jurisdiction over 4 streets and 20 towns. No. 3, Government Street, County people's Government. Shenxian County is located in the flooded area of the alluvial plain in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, which is high in the southwest and low in the northeast. It belongs to the warm temperate semi-humid monsoon climate. The main rivers are Tuhai River, Majia River, Jindi River and so on. Mineral resources include oil, natural gas, rock salt and so on. Shenxian is the old revolutionary base area and the restoration area of Shandong Provincial Party Committee. During the Anti-Japanese War, it was the central area of Hebei-Shandong-Henan Anti-Japanese Base area. Revolutionaries such as Zhu de, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, Song Renqiong, Yang Dezhi and Yang Yong left work and war here.