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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.

Liangzhou District, known as Gudu and Xiutu in ancient times, is located in the longitude of 101 °59 and the latitude of 37 °23 and 38 °12, respectively. It is located in the northwest of Gansu Province, the eastern end of Hexi Corridor, the northern foot of Qilian Mountain and the middle of Wuwei City, with an average elevation of 1632 meters. Liangzhou District belongs to Wuwei City, Gansu Province, bordering Inner Mongolia Autonomous region to the east, Sunan Yugu Autonomous County to the west, Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County and Gulang County to the south, and Yongchang County and Minqin County to the north. As of 2014, Liangzhou District has a total area of 5081 square kilometers, living in Han, Hui, Tibetan, Manchu and other 25 ethnic groups, with a total population of 1.0225 million (2012). In 2018, the district has jurisdiction over 37 towns, 2 headquarters and 8 urban subdistrict offices. Liangzhou District has a temperate continental arid climate, 20
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