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.
Xiapu County (ancient Xiapu County, Funing Prefecture) is located in the northeast of Fujian Province. it is the oldest county in eastern Fujian, and it was once the political, economic and cultural center of eastern Fujian. Because it is located along the coast, it is a semi-island area, with a land area of 1489.6 square kilometers and a sea area of 29592.6 square kilometers. The coastline is 404km long, accounting for 1/8 of the province, ranking first in the province. There are 185 large and small islands. The long coastline and numerous islands and harbours have become the geographical features of Xiapu. It is a port city on the northeast wing of the economic zone on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait in southeastern China. It is a coastal economic open county approved by the State Council of the people's Republic of China, the earliest trade port opened to Taiwan in Fujian, "the hometown of Chinese kelp" and "the hometown of Chinese Laver". It is known as "Fujian and Zhejiang want to rush" and "land of fish and rice".