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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.

Shawan District, which belongs to Leshan City, Sichuan Province, is located in the lower reaches of the Dadu River, the transitional zone between Daxiaoliangshan and Sichuan Basin, between latitude 29 °11 "18" ~ 29 °31 "30" north, longitude 103 °25 °13 "~ 103 °44 °10" east, central district of Leshan City in the north, Muchuan County and Ebian Yi Autonomous County in the south, Wutongqiao District and Jianwei County in the east, and Emeishan City in the west. It covers an area of 610.89 square kilometers and has a registered population of 182300. Under the jurisdiction of 8 towns, 5 townships, 1 street, 127 villages and 21 communities, the district government is located at 95 Desheng Avenue, Shawan Town. Shawan District was called "Nanling" in ancient times, because the Southern Song Dynasty poet Fan Chengda commented that "Nanling" is located in "Lingshan Xiushui, Shaan Bay Ring". In the first year of Tianbao (AD 742), Tongshan Town was set up in Tongjiezi.
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