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.
Zhaoyang District is under the jurisdiction of Zhaotong City, located in the northeast end of Yunnan Province, located in the combination of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces and the heart of the national "Panxi-Liupanshui" economic development zone. Weining County, Guizhou Province in the east, Ludian County in the south, Jinyang County in Sichuan Province across the Jinsha River in the west, and Yiliang, Daguan and Yongshan counties in the north. It is the seat of the Zhaotong Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government and the center of political, economic and cultural activities in Zhaotong City. It has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 3 towns, 10 townships, 129 villages and 49 communities. Zhaoyang District has convenient transportation, including the Neikun Railway, Kunshui Highway, Zhaowei Expressway and Zhaotong Airport. The city is 341 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kunming, 550 kilometers from Chengdu, 580 kilometers from Chongqing and 450 kilometers from Guiyang. It is an important hub city in the combination of Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Chongqing. 2012