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Virginia Beach is an independent city located on the southeastern coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 459,470 at the 2020 census. Although mostly suburban in character, it is the most populous city in Virginia, fifth-most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, ninth-most populous city in the Southeast and the 42nd-most populous city in the U.S. Located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach is the largest city in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. This area, known as "America's First Region", also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk, as well as other smaller cities, counties, and towns of Hampton Roads.

Virginia Beach is a resort city with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its oceanfront. Every year the city hosts the East Coast Surfing Championships as well as the North American Sand Soccer Championship, a beach soccer tournament. It is also home to several state parks, several long-protected beach areas, military bases, a number of large corporations, Virginia Wesleyan University and Regent University, the international headquarters and site of the television broadcast studios for Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment, and numerous historic sites. Near the point where the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean meet, Cape Henry was the site of the first landing of the English colonists, who eventually settled in Jamestown, on April 26, 1607.

Alashankou, which belongs to Bortala Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is built according to Alashan pass. It is located between Alatao Mountain and Baruch Mountain, bordering Kazakhstan in the north, Tali County in Tacheng area in the east, Abby Lake in the south and Bole City in the west. It is 79 kilometers away from the state capital Bole, 477 kilometers away from Urumqi by railway and 500 kilometers by road, and 12 kilometers away from the adjacent Dosterk port in Kazakhstan. The total area of the city is 1204 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over Ala Street and Ebinur Lake Town, with a permanent population of 11000. In May 2011, the State Council approved the establishment of Alashankou Comprehensive Free Trade Zone. In December 2012, Alashankou City was established. In 2014, the local GDP of Alashankou City reached 4.27 billion yuan, an increase over the same period in 2013.
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