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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.

Longchuan, known as "Yuanyuan" in Dai language, means the place where the sun shines. Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, is located in the southwest border of China, connected with Myanmar by mountains and rivers and buildings. The border is 50.899 kilometers long, with a land area of 1931 square kilometers and a total population of 181580 (2010). The county seat Zhangfeng is 779km away from Kunming, the provincial capital. It is the end of China's southwest border. Longchuan County has jurisdiction over eight townships and four towns and one state-owned farm, with a total area of 1913 square kilometers, with an area of 350000 mu of arable land, with a per capita cultivated land of nearly 3 mu. The county has a total population of 180000, including 120000 agricultural people. The main ethnic minorities in the territory are Jingpo, Dai, Achang, Lisu, Deang and Hui, which have the largest population distribution of Jingpo and Achang in China. Longchuan is a typical frontier multi-ethnic farmer.
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