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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.

Maqu County, which belongs to Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, is located in the southwest of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, the eastern end of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the junction of Gansu, Qinghai and Sichuan provinces, and the first curved part of the Yellow River. It is located between longitude 100 °4545 "~ 102 °2900" east and latitude 33 °0630" ~ 34 °3015 "north, bordering Luqu County of Benzhou by Xidianshan in the northeast and Ruoergai County and Aba County of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province in the southeast. Maqu County has a total area of 10190 square kilometers and a total population of 54900 (2011), of which Tibetans account for 2/3, with an average elevation of 3700 meters. Maqu belongs to the Qiang nationality in ancient times. After Tubo unified the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in 663 AD, it became a nomadic place for Tibetans. In 2011, Maqu
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