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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.

Gar County, located in the westernmost part of Tibet, along the Sengezangbu and Garzangbu basins, is one of the 18 border counties in Tibet. The area is 17197 square kilometers. The cultivated area is 8900 mu. The total population is 42000. It has jurisdiction over 4 townships, 1 town and 11 administrative villages. Gar County is surrounded by mountains, the middle is low and flat, the average elevation is about 4350 meters, and the highest elevation is 6554 meters. There are 12 large and small lakes in the county, of which the larger ones are Langjiu Lake and Xinga Lake. There are three main highways in Gar County, namely, Yeshi Highway, Ari Highway and Hei Highway. The mileage of highways in the country is 498 kilometers. With Shiquanhe Town as the center, Kunsha Airport is officially opened to traffic, and the natural cutting becomes open to traffic. In October 2018, the people's Government of Tibet Autonomous region formally approved that Gar County withdrew from poverty-stricken counties (districts).
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