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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.

Baiyin, prefecture-level city of Gansu Province. Located in the middle of Gansu Province, located in the transitional zone between the Loess Plateau and Tengger Desert, most of the territory is mountainous, mountainous and wide valley plain coexist; it is the transition zone from mid-temperate semi-arid zone to arid zone. The city has a total area of 21158.7 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 2 districts and 3 counties. By the end of 2018, Baiyin had a resident population of 1.7342 million, an increase of 4900 over the end of last year. Baiyin City is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and the middle of Gansu Province, located in the confluence zone of the ancient Silk Road and the Yellow River, connecting the desert to the north, Qinghai and Tibet to the south, the Central Plains to the east and the western region to the west, 69 kilometers away from the provincial capital Lanzhou and 46 kilometers away from Zhongchuan Airport. It is a strategic channel connecting the subcontinental bridge, a transportation corridor and an energy logistics channel to countries along the Silk Road. The territory of Baiyin
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