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Columbus (/kəˈlʌmbəs/) is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and the third-most populous state capital. Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County; it also extends into Delaware and Fairfield counties. It is the core city of the Columbus metropolitan area, which encompasses 10 counties in central Ohio. The metropolitan area had a population of 2,138,926 in 2020, making it the largest entirely in Ohio[a] and 32nd-largest in the U.S.

Columbus originated as numerous Native American settlements on the banks of the Scioto River. Franklinton, now a city neighborhood, was the first European settlement, laid out in 1797. The city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and laid out to become the state capital. The city was named for Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. The city assumed the function of state capital in 1816 and county seat in 1824. Amid steady years of growth and industrialization, the city has experienced numerous floods and recessions. Beginning in the 1950s, Columbus began to experience significant growth; it became the largest city in Ohio in land and population by the early 1990s. The 1990s and 2000s saw redevelopment in numerous city neighborhoods, including Downtown.

Chenghai District is under the jurisdiction of Shantou City, Guangdong Province. it is located in the east of Guangdong Province, at the mouth of Hanjiang Delta, Raoping County of Chaozhou City in the northeast, Chaozhou City in the northwest, Longhu District of Shantou City in the southwest, and Nanao County in the southeast. The geographical coordinates are between longitude 116 °54, latitude 23 °23, east-west width 22 km, north-south length 27.85 km, and total area 378.35 square kilometers. By the end of 2017, Chenghai District had jurisdiction over 8 towns and 3 streets, with 137 village committees and 47 community neighborhood committees, with a registered population of 797000. Mainly Han nationality, there are 43 ethnic minorities, most of which are Zhuang, Miao and Buyi. It has always been an important transportation hub in eastern Guangdong, southwestern Fujian and southern Jiangxi.
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