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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.

Shuicheng County is located in the west of Guizhou Province, bordering Yunnan Province, belonging to Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province, located in the watershed of Wujiang and Beipanjiang River, Liuzhi Special Zone and Nayong County in the east, Weining County and Xuanwei County in the west, Panzhou City and Puan County in the south, and Hezhang County in the north. It is known as the "Pearl of the Plateau" in Guizhou and the "Southwest Coal Sea" in the motherland. The county is 69 kilometers wide from east to west, 97 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 3605 square kilometers and a total population of 860000 (2013). County people's Government is stationed in Shuangshui Street. In 2012, the GDP of Shuicheng County reached 10.951 billion yuan, an increase of 18.8% compared with 2011; the investment in fixed assets of the whole society reached 24.41 billion yuan; and the total financial revenue and public budget revenue reached 2.331 billion respectively.
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