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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.

Heshun County is under the jurisdiction of Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, facing Xingtai to the east, Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province to the west, Taijiu Expressway to the north, and Shangdang Basin to the south. The county is 75 kilometers long from east to west and 35 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 2250 square kilometers. By 2010, Heshun County has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 5 townships, 294 administrative villages, with an area of 308600 mu of arable land. Heshun has a long history, gave birth to the legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", and is the hometown of Chinese Cowherd and Weaver Girl culture. After being named "the hometown of Chinese Cowherd and Weaver Girl Culture" by Chinese Folk artists Association in 2006, the Legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl was officially announced as the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council in 2008. In 2009, Heshun was named as "Shanxi Province's first batch of national traditional festivals (Qixi Festival) demonstration and protection". two
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