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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia, also known as Washington or D.C. or locally simply as the District, is the capital city and federal district of the United States. It is located on the east bank of the Potomac River, which forms its southwestern and southern border with the U.S. state of Virginia, and it shares a land border with the U.S. state of Maryland on its other sides. The city was named for George Washington, a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, and the federal district is named after Columbia, the female personification of the nation. As the seat of the U.S. federal government and several international organizations, the city is an important world political capital. It is one of the most visited cities in the U.S., with over 20 million annual visitors as of 2016.

The U.S. Constitution provides for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress; the district is not a part of any U.S. state (nor is it one itself). The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of the capital district located along the Potomac River near the country's East Coast. The City of Washington was founded in 1791, and Congress held its first session there in 1800. In 1801, the territory, formerly part of Maryland and Virginia (including the settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria), officially became recognized as the federal district. In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia, including the city of Alexandria; in 1871, it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the district. There have been efforts to make the city into a state since the 1880s, a movement that has gained momentum in recent years, and a statehood bill passed the House of Representatives in 2021.

Baijiantan District is the municipal district of Karamay City, Xinjiang, 30 kilometers northeast of the city. In 1956, when the oil workers explored here, they saw that there was a vast expanse of saline and alkali everywhere, hence the name. Baijiantan area is located in the northwest margin of Junggar Basin, bordering Tori County in the north, Buxel County in the south, Karamay District in the southwest and Wuerhe District in the northeast, with a total area of 1272 square kilometers. Most of the landforms are Gobi (desert), which is located in the typical continental climate zone of mid-temperate zone. In 2016, the local GDP of Baijiantan District was 2.12 billion yuan. Of this total, the added value of the primary industry was 60 million yuan, the secondary industry was 910 million yuan, and the tertiary industry was 1.15 billion yuan. By the end of 2017, Baijiantan District had jurisdiction over two streets and one town, with a total of 20 community neighborhood committees and 5 administrations.
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