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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.

Langxi County, which belongs to Xuancheng City, Anhui Province, was founded in the first year of Duangong in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 988). Located in the southeast border of Anhui Province, at the junction of Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, it is known as the "thoroughfare of the three provinces" and has a superior location. As of 2018, Langxi County has jurisdiction over 7 towns, 2 townships and 1 provincial development zone, with a total population of 347500 and an area of 1104.8 square kilometers. Langxi County has a mild climate, fertile soil and rich products, known as "land of fish and rice" and "natural botanical garden". It is an important producing area of grain, oil and silkworm cocoons in Anhui Province and a national commodity grain base county; the main specialties are green tea, yellow wine, golden jujube, stuffy sauce, wild goose, silverfish, green shrimp, crab, soft-shelled turtle, etc.; the main minerals are fluorite, yellow sand, limestone, granite, kaolin, pyrophyllite and so on.
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