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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.

Zhongning County belongs to Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous region. It is located in the middle of Ningxia and the southern end of Ningxia Plain, between 105 degrees 26 minutes east longitude-106 degrees 7 minutes and 37 degrees 9 minutes-37 degrees 50 minutes north latitude. Located on both sides of the Yellow River, it is the transitional zone between the Inner Mongolia Plateau and the Loess Plateau, belonging to the continental monsoon climate zone of the north temperate zone. Litong District and Qingtongxia City in the east, Zhongwei City in the west, Tongxin County in the south, and Alashan left Banner in Inner Mongolia in the north. The county is about 50 kilometers wide from east to west and 60 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 4226.5 square kilometers and a total population of 336100 (2013). The government is stationed in Ning'an Town. Zhongning County is located in the confluence of two tourist routes from Yinchuan to Liupanshan and from Yinchuan to Shapotou. It is a "dry wharf" running through the northwest and the collection and distribution of the flow of people, logistics and information.
Travel Notes In Zhongning County
The Second Rural Tourism and Wolfberry Food Culture Festival in Zhongning County, Ningxia Grand Opening
Purple flowers and jade leaves cover red treasures, and the Ciyuan sings a good harvest in June. On June 18, the second rural tourism and goji berry f