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Tucson (/ˈtuːsɒn, tuːˈsɒn/; Spanish: Tucson, O'odham: Cuk-Ṣon) is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and is home to the University of Arizona. It is the second largest city in Arizona behind Phoenix, with a population of 542,629 in the 2020 United States census, while the population of the entire Tucson metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is 1,043,433. The Tucson MSA forms part of the larger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical area (CSA). Both Tucson and Phoenix anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. The city is 108 miles (174 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 mi (97 km) north of the U.S.–Mexico border. Tucson is the 34th largest city and the 53rd largest metropolitan area in the United States (2014).

Major incorporated suburbs of Tucson include Oro Valley and Marana northwest of the city, Sahuarita south of the city, and South Tucson in an enclave south of downtown. Communities in the vicinity of Tucson (some within or overlapping the city limits) include Casas Adobes, Catalina Foothills, Flowing Wells, Midvale Park, Tanque Verde, Tortolita, and Vail. Towns outside the Tucson metro area include Benson to the southeast, Catalina and Oracle to the north, and Green Valley to the south.

Tucson was founded as a military fort by the Spanish when Hugo O'Conor authorized the construction of Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón in 1775. It was included in the state of Sonora after Mexico gained independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821. In 1853, the United States acquired a 29,670 square miles (76,840 km2) region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico from Mexico under the Gadsden Purchase. Tucson served as the capital of the Arizona Territory from 1867 to 1877. Tucson was Arizona's largest city by population during the territorial period and early statehood, until it was surpassed by Phoenix by 1920. Nevertheless, population growth remained strong during the late 20th century. In 2017, Tucson was the first American city to be designated a "City of Gastronomy" by UNESCO.

Dingzhou City, Hebei Province under the jurisdiction of county-level cities, by Baoding City escrow, Hebei Province directly administered by the county (city) system reform pilot county. Located at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, the western edge of North China Plain and the west of central Hebei Province, it has been known as "Kyushu throat, Shenjing brief area" since ancient times. With a total area of 1283.7 square kilometers and a resident population of 1.2269 million (2018), it has jurisdiction over 4 streets, 16 towns and 5 townships. Dingzhou City, located in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Economic Zone, is an important node city in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Economic Zone, a national comprehensive pilot area of new urbanization, a modern medium-sized city cultivated in the 12th five-year Plan of Hebei Province, and one of the ten famous historical and cultural cities in Hebei Province. In 2018, the gross domestic product of Dingzhou City reached 33.284 billion yuan, an increase of 7.3% over the same period last year.
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The ancient city of Dingzhou is located 50 kilometers southwest of Baoding. It is famous for its long history and splendid culture. Since the Shang an
The thousand-year-old city "collided" with cool ice and snow, and went out of the house to enjoy the feast of ice and snow
The ancient city is hot with ice and snow, let's look forward to the future together. On December 3, Lizhangmeng Village, located in the southern outs
I have been here - Dingzhou
I went to Dingzhou by accident, because I didn't know or even heard of this place before. My son and daughter-in-law are going to take their grandson