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A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge or hill, which is bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and stands distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas characteristically consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks capped by a more resistant layer or layers of harder rock, e.g. shales overlain by sandstones. The resistant layer acts as a caprock that forms the flat summit of a mesa. The caprock can consist of either sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and limestone; dissected lava flows; or a deeply eroded duricrust. Unlike plateau, whose usage does not imply horizontal layers of bedrock, e.g. Tibetan Plateau, the term mesa applies exclusively to the landforms built of flat-lying strata. Instead, flat-topped plateaus are specifically known as tablelands.

Bengshan District, located in Bengbu City, Anhui Province, belongs to the downtown area of Bengbu and is the political and cultural center of Bengbu City. Formerly known as Zhongcheng District, it was renamed after zoning adjustment in 2004. Bengshan District is bordered by Longzihu District in the east, Fengyang County in the south, Yuhui District in the west and Huashang District in the north. As of 2013, Bengshan District covers an area of 83.08 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 5 streets and 2 townships. At the time of the sixth national census in 2010, the resident population was 334426 (218300 registered residents), accounting for 10.57% of the city's resident population. There are mainly Han nationality, and there are 21 ethnic minorities, including Hui, Miao, Manchu, Korean, Mongolian, Tibetan and Uygur, with a population of 5233, of which the Hui population accounts for 96% of the minority population in the region. Bengshan District is a province.
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