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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.

Midong District belongs to Urumqi City, Xinjiang Autonomous region. Approved by the State Council in August 2007, the former Miquan City of Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture and Dongshan District of the former Urumqi City were merged and established. The district has a total area of 3407.42 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 2 townships, 6 streets, 81 administrative villages and 48 communities, with a resident population of 333676 (2010). In 2013, the regional GDP for the whole year reached 26.06 billion yuan, an increase of 15.8 percent over 2011, and the general budget revenue of local governments reached 3.04 billion yuan, an increase of 21 percent over 2011. The per capita disposable income of urban residents reached 20780 yuan, an increase of 13 percent over 2011, and the per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen reached 12300 yuan, an increase of 16 percent over 2011.
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