[PAR] [TLE] Oakland, California [SEP] Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States.  A major West Coast port city, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the San Francisco Bay Area, the eighth largest city in California, and the 45th largest city in the United States, with a population of 419,267 as of 2015 .  It serves as a trade center for the San Francisco Bay Area; its Port of Oakland is the busiest port in the San Francisco Bay, the entirety of Northern California, and the fifth busiest in the United States of America.  The city was incorporated in 1852. [PAR] [TLE] Joan Merriam Smith [SEP] Joan Merriam Smith (c. 1937–1965) was an American aviator famous for her 1964 solo flight around the world that began and ended in Oakland, California, as she set out to follow the same route as the 1937 flight plan of Amelia Earhart.  Mrs. Smith had attempted to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe by herself, but another woman, Jerrie Mock, set off during the same week and would complete the task earlier.  Already an accomplished pilot as Joan Merriam, she married Lt. Commander Marvin "Jack" Smith, Jr. in 1960.
[PAR] [TLE] Oakland , California [ SEP ] Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County , California , United States . A major West Coast port city , Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area , the third largest city overall in the San Francisco Bay Area , the eighth largest city in California , and the 45th largest city in the United States , with a population of 419,267 as of 2015 . It serves as a trade center for the San Francisco Bay Area ; its Port of Oakland is the busiest port in the San Francisco Bay , the entirety of Northern California , and the fifth busiest in the United States of America . The city was incorporated in 1852 . [PAR] [TLE] Joan Merriam Smith [ SEP ] Joan Merriam Smith ( c. 1937–1965 ) was an American aviator famous for her 1964 solo flight around the world that began and ended in Oakland , California , as she set out to follow the same route as the 1937 flight plan of Amelia Earhart . Mrs. Smith had attempted to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe by herself , but another woman , Jerrie Mock , set off during the same week and would complete the task earlier . Already an accomplished pilot as Joan Merriam , she married Lt . Commander Marvin " Jack " Smith , Jr. in 1960 .
Joan Merriam Smith began and ended her flight in the city that is the seat of what county?
Joan Merriam Smith began and ended her flight in the city that is the seat of what county ?
Alameda County
Alameda County