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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.

Bayi District, which belongs to Linzhi City, Tibet Autonomous region, is located in the southeast of China's Tibet and at the southeast foot of the Nianqing Tanggula Mountains. Yarlung Zangbo meets the Niyang River here. It is the lowest elevation area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is known as "Jiangnan of Tibet". Bayi District covers an area of 10238 square kilometers, with a cultivated land area of 38000 mu, a grassland area of 565000 mu and a forest area of 5.02 million mu. The average elevation of Bayi District is 3000 meters above sea level, with a relative height difference of 2200-4700 meters. It is located at the peak of Garabaili at the junction of Bayi and Milin, with an elevation of 7294 meters. Plants grow from the subtropical zone to the cold zone, known as the "green treasure house". In 2014, the GDP of Bayi District (formerly Linzhi County) reached 4.555 billion yuan, and the financial revenue broke through the 100 million yuan mark for the first time, reaching 1.2 million yuan.
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