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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.

Fugong County, which belongs to Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, is located in the Nujiang Gorge between Biluo Snow Mountain and Gaoligong Mountain in the middle of Hengduan Mountains in northwest Yunnan Province. It is bordered by Lanping Bai Pumi Autonomous County and Weixi Lisu Autonomous County in the east, Lushui City in the south, Myanmar in the west, and Gongshan Dulong Nu Autonomous County in the north. The border is 142.218 kilometers long. It is located between longitude 98 °41 "99 °02" east and latitude 26 °28 "27 °32 'north. The maximum vertical distance from north to south is 112 kilometers, and the maximum horizontal distance from east to west is 23 kilometers. As of the end of 2012, the total population was about 100000. In 2012, the total output value of Fogong County was 806.9 million yuan, an increase of 15%. According to information in September 2014, there is one under the jurisdiction of Fogong County.
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