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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.

Langao County, which belongs to Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, is located in southern Shaanxi, at the northern foot of Dabashan Mountain, bordering Chengkou County of Chongqing City in the south, Hanbin District of Ankang City in the north, Ziyang County in the west and Pingli County in the east, with a maximum elevation of 2641 meters and a minimum elevation of 331m. It covers an area of 1956 square kilometers, with a total population of 168200 (2017). Langao Nangong rice field was selected as "China's beautiful countryside, 2012 China's best leisure town, one of the most beautiful cities in China." Langao County was founded in the Qing Dynasty, there are Nangongshan, Lanhe rafting and other scenic spots, known as the hometown of Chinese konjac. In 2013, the GDP of Langao County reached 3.1 billion yuan, an increase of 14% over 2012. On February 2, 2019, by the State Administration of traditional Chinese Medicine
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