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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.

Gaotai County, which belongs to Zhangye City, Gansu Province, is located in the middle of Hexi Corridor and the lower reaches of Heihe River. it has been known as "Hexi key, five counties throat" since ancient times. The terrain is high in the north and south and low in the middle, with the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains in the south, the Heli Mountain in the north, the oasis plain in the middle, and the Heihe River running through the county. The county has a total land area of 4346.61 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 9 towns. By the end of 2017, Gaotai County had a total population of 158000. Gaotai County has a long history, Han Wudi Yuanding six years (111 years ago) set the table as a county, when the "Silk Road" must pass. In the first year of Xiankang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (335 BC), Zhang Jun of Qianliang set up Jiankang County in Camel City. Qing Yongzheng three years (1725), and Gaotai, town Yi Shou Qianhu Gaotai County. There are ancient ruins of Camel City and Xu Sanwan City in the territory.
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