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.
Yuzhong County, under the jurisdiction of Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, is located in the central part of Gansu Province, near Qilihe and Chengguan District to the west, Anding District of Dingxi City to the east, Lintao County to the southwest, Pingchuan District of Baiyin City to the north, and Jingyuan County and Huining County to the northeast; it is high in the south and low in the middle, with a temperate continental climate, with a total area of 3301.64 square kilometers, and has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 15 townships. In 2017, there are 13 ethnic minorities with a registered population of 469083. Yuzhong County passes through the ancient Silk Road in three ways. Xinglong Mountain is a national 4A scenic spot and a national nature reserve. Qingcheng, an ancient town, is listed as a "national historical and cultural town" because of its historical and cultural relics and the ancient buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The traffic in the county is more developed, such as Lanxin second Line, Lanyu Railway, Baolan passenger Special Railway, etc.