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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.

Yongdeng, known as Lingju and Zhuanglang in ancient times, belongs to Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, located in the central part of Gansu Province, longitude 102 °36'to 103 °45 'east, latitude 36 °12' to 37 °07 'north. It is bordered by Gaolan County and Jingtai County of Gansu Province to the east, Minhe County of Qinghai Province to the west, Honggu District and Xigu District of Lanzhou City to the south, and Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County to the north. The longest distance from south to north is 107km, and the widest distance from west to east is 101km, with a total area of 6090 square kilometers. As of 2010, Yongdeng County has jurisdiction over 13 towns and 5 townships. In 2010, the total population at the end of the year was 522000, and the resident population at the end of the year was 419400. In 2018, the county achieved a gross domestic product (GDP) of 10.831 billion yuan. On January 25, 2019, Yongdeng County was selected as 201.
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