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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.

Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, located in the southwest of Gansu Province, located in the northeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the western part of the Loess Plateau, with high terrain in the northwest and low in the southeast, and has the characteristics of continental seasonal climate. The city has a total area of 38521 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over seven counties and one city, with a total population of 742300 in 2017. In Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, there are Gahai-Zecha two national nature reserves, Lianhuashan and Yeliguan National Forest Park, as well as dozens of beautiful natural scenic spots such as Sangke grassland, the first song of the Yellow River, Dayugou and so on. There are 121 Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, including Xiahe Labrang Temple, Zhuoni Zen Temple and Luqu Langmu Monastery, which are protected by national cultural relics. There are more than ten revolutionary historical relics, such as the natural insurance Lazikou and the ruins of the Russian conference, which have the experience of the long March of the Red Army.
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