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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.

Ningqiang County is located in the southwest of Shaanxi Province, with Qinling Mountains in the north and Pillow Mountain in the south. The county has jurisdiction over 16 towns, 2 subdistrict offices and 200 administrative villages with a total population of 340000. Ningqiang is located in the confluence of the Qinling Mountains and the Bashan mountain system, with high in the southeast, low in the northwest and Wuding Mountain uplift in the middle. Ningqiang has abundant rainfall and humid air, and most areas have a warm temperate mountain humid monsoon climate with strong precipitation, with an annual precipitation of up to 1812.2 mm. Ningqiang County is a mountainous county with the confluence of the north and the south and the belt of Shu. It is the main gateway and golden passage from the northwest to the southwest. Baocheng, Yang'an Railway across the county, 108 National Highway, Western Han Expressway passing through; is the birthplace of the Han River, known as "the first city of the Han River" reputation, in November 2015 Ningqiang County was China
Travel Notes In Ningqiang County