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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.

Baota District, known as Yanzhou in ancient times, is located in the northern Shaanxi Province and the hilly and gully region of the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi. It is known as "Qin important area" and "plugged throat". The Xia Dynasty belonged to Yongzhou, it was successively under the jurisdiction of Di, Jin, Wei and Qin in the Spring and Autumn and warring States period, and it was established in the Han Dynasty, Yanzhou or Yan'an House in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and Fushi after the Song Dynasty. After the Republic of China, it was renamed Yan'an County. In 1937, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China entered Yan'an and established Yan'an City, which is the seat of the government of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border region. In December 1996, Yan'an withdrew to set up the city, and Yan'an was renamed Baota District. It is the seat of the Yan'an Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, and it is the central city of Yan'an. The total land area of the region is 3556 square kilometers, with a registered population of 481200 (2017) and a resident population of 491800 (2017). It has jurisdiction over 9 towns, 4 townships and 5 cities.
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