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.
Tacheng: the county-level city under the jurisdiction of Tacheng area of Yili Prefecture, Xinjiang, is located in the northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region and the Tacheng basin on the northwest edge of Junggar Basin, with a total area of 4356.6 square kilometers. It is bordered by the Republic of Kazakhstan in the northwest, Emin County in the east and Yumin County in the south. It is 530 kilometers to the east from Urumqi, the capital of the autonomous region, and only 12 kilometers to the west from the first-class national port, Baktu Port. It is one of the closest open cities in China to the border. Tower is referred to as "Tarbatai" (Mongolian marmot). Tacheng is the seat of the Tacheng Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China and the administrative office of Tacheng area. In 1984, the county was removed and the city was established. In 1992, it was listed as a further open city along the border by the State Council. In June 1992, with the approval of the State Council, the national border was established.