• Columbus
  • Xiangcheng County

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.

Xiangcheng County, under the jurisdiction of Xuchang City, Henan Province, is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the head of the Funiu Mountains in the west and the eastern edge of the Huang-Huai Plain in the east. The terrain is high in the west and low in the east, with a distinct climate of four seasons; the total area is 920sq km, with jurisdiction over 10 towns and 6 townships; the total population is 881700 in 2018. Xiangcheng County in the Spring and Autumn period said "Yi", later because of the refuge of King Zhou Xiangcheng, hence the name Xiangcheng. Xiangcheng County has been established after Qin Tong and six Kingdoms for more than 2200 years. There are many cultural relics and monuments in the territory, including Ziyun Academy, one of the eight major academies in the country in the Ming Dynasty, Qianming Temple, the first Zen Forest in Zhongzhou, which was built during the Tang Dynasty (618-626), and the Taoist shrine, Bainingang Wuyue Temple. The ancient city walls and urns left in the Spring and Autumn period, as well as cultural relics protection units, cultural relics and monuments, cultural relics protection sites, such as Confucian temples and Kuibi, 10
Travel Guides In Xiangcheng County
Travel Sights In Xiangcheng County
Travel Notes In Xiangcheng County
Travel Asks In Xiangcheng County
Travel Asks In Xiangcheng County