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Ajo is a historic desert town located in Pima County in southwestern Arizona, USA, near the Mexican border. Deriving its name from the Spanish word for "copper," the town sprang up in the late 1800s with the discovery of rich copper deposits and became a center of local mining in the early 1900s through the New Cornelia Copper Mine. Today, Ajo retains distinctive Spanish colonial architecture, such as the San Agustin Church, and is surrounded by the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, with its spectacular desert landscape and rich biodiversity. With a population of approximately 3,300, the town's tourism and mining industries combine to form a local economy that attracts travelers seeking serenity and history.
Pingji County is part of Zhumadian City, Henan Province, China, and is located in the southeastern plains of Henan Province, with a total area of 1,282 square kilometers and a population of about one million. As the hometown of the ancient state of Shen in Chinese history, its name originates from the hometown of Tairen, the mother of King Wen of Zhou, and carries more than 3,000 years of civilization.
Pingpi is known as the "Hometown of China's White Sesame", with one-third of the country's sesame production, as well as wheat, corn and other crops. The industry is dominated by leather processing and building materials manufacturing, and it is an important production base for outdoor leisure goods. There are historical relics such as Gertian's Mausoleum and Yuedan Pavilion in the city, and the traditional cultural activity "Silk String Road" has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.
Pingji County belongs to the Huaihe River Basin, with a temperate monsoon climate. The transportation network is well-developed, with Xinyang Expressway and National Highway 106 passing through the county, and the high-speed railway station in Zhumadian West Station is about 1 hour's drive away, which is integrated into the 2-hour transportation circle of Central Plains Economic Zone.