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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.

Gucheng County, which belongs to Hengshui City, Hebei Province, is located in the southeast of Hebei Province, at the junction of Hebei and Shandong provinces and three cities. By 2018, with a total area of 941 square kilometers, there are 538 administrative villages in 11 towns and 2 townships, with a total population of 530000, including 410000 agricultural population and 910000 mu of arable land. Gucheng County is a sub-humid continental monsoon climate in the north temperate zone, with four distinct seasons and simultaneous rain and heat. The annual average temperature is 13.2℃. The annual sunshine time is 2608.5 hours and the annual sunshine rate is 59%. The average annual precipitation is 532 mm. The frost-free period for the whole year is about 190 days. In 2018, the GDP of Gucheng County reached 12.5 billion yuan, the total financial revenue was 1.14 billion yuan, the general public budget revenue was 666 million yuan, the investment in fixed assets was 8 billion yuan, and the total industrial output value was completed.
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