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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.

Xichong County, which belongs to Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, is located in the north-east of Sichuan Basin, the southwest of Nanchong City, Shunqing District in the east, Jialing District in the south, Yanting County in Mianyang City, Pengxi County and Shehong County in Suining City in the west, and Nanbu County in the north. The total area is 1106.59 square kilometers, and the county seat is 25 kilometers away from Nanchong city in the north. There is Xichong Mountain in ancient times, so it is named Xichong, which is the ecological back garden and satellite city of Nanchong. Belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon climate zone, shallow hilly landform, the average annual temperature is 16.9 ℃, the annual rainfall is 980.8 mm, the average elevation is 361.2 meters, the frost-free period is more than 300 days, the four seasons are distinct, and the climate is mild. As of 2019, Xichong County has jurisdiction over 16 towns, 5 townships and 2 streets. By the end of 2017, the total population of Xichong County was 605900.
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