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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.

Dabancheng District, which belongs to Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is under the jurisdiction of Urumqi City; it is located at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain, the southern section of Junggar Basin, the southern suburbs of Urumqi, Dawan Township and Tori Township to the west, Turpan City and Toksun County to the southeast, Lucaogou Township and Fukang City and Jimusar County to the north, and Tiange Mountain in the middle of Tianshan Mountains to the south. As of 2010, Dabancheng District has a total population of 63000, mainly Han, Hui, Kazak and Uygur, with ethnic minorities accounting for 42.8% of the total population. In 2010, the regional GDP was 1.683 billion yuan, an increase of 12.1% over the same period last year; local revenue was 347 million yuan, an increase of 63% over 2009; and fixed asset investment was 567 million yuan, an increase of 17.2% over 2009
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