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.
Zhumadian, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, is located in the central and southern part of Henan Province, located in the hilly plain area of the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, on the third geomorphological step of the country, across the eastern edge of Nanyang Basin and Huaibei Plain, in the transition zone between subtropical and warm temperate zone; the total area is 15083 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 1 district and 9 counties; the total population is 8.0518 million in 2018. Zhumadian is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization, the core area of the creation activities of Pangu, the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation, and the hometown of Xuanyuan Huangdi's wife Kuizu. It is the weapons manufacturing center of the warring States period and the hometown of Cai's, Jin's and Jiang's families. There are 7 forest parks in the city, including 4 national forest parks with more natural and cultural landscapes. Zhumadian also has the hometown of Liangzhu, the tomb of Li Si, the prime minister of Qin, and the hexagram pavilion painted by Fuxi.