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.
Zhoukou City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, is located in the southeast of Henan Province, located in the hinterland of Huang-Huai Plain, Fuyang City, Anhui Province to the east, Luohe City and Xuchang City to the west, Zhumadian City to the south, and Kaifeng City and Shangqiu City to the north. Zhoukou Special area was established in 1965 (later changed to Zhoukou area). Zhoukou City was revoked with the approval of the State Council in 2000. By the end of 2018, Zhoukou City had jurisdiction over two districts, seven counties and one county-level city, with a total area of 11959 square kilometers and a resident population of 8.6778 million. Zhoukou traffic extends in all directions, highway, railway, waterway transport intertwined into a network, forming a highway, railway, waterway trinity traffic pattern. The Shaying River has been a navigable channel since ancient times, with two major wharves of Zhoukou and Liuwan, which enter the Huaihe River and join the Yangtze River. Sand