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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.

Lixian County is located on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and in the southeast of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It is located at 30 °54km north latitude 31 °12km north longitude 102 °32m mi 103 °30' east longitude. It is bordered by Maoxian and Heishui in the northeast, Xiaojin in the southwest, Wenchuan in the southeast, Malkang and Hongyuan in the northwest, 202km away from the provincial capital Chengdu, 193km away from the state capital, and the county seat is 1888 meters above sea level. The geological structure of Lixian County belongs to the middle part of Longmenshan fault zone, with undulating mountains, an average elevation of 2700 meters, and a three-dimensional climate of mountain type, with more precipitation in spring and summer, short frost-free period in winter, annual rainfall between 650 ℃ and 1000 mm, and annual average temperature of 6.9 ℃-11 ℃ in the valley. Lixian County has great advantages in tourism resources. There is a natural ecological scene with beautiful scenery
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