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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.

Shanwei City, referred to as Shancheng District, belongs to Shanwei City, Guangdong Province, located on the southeast coast of Guangdong Province, bordering the South China Sea to the south, Heyuan and Meizhou to the north, Shantou and Chaozhou to the east, Huizhou and Shenzhen to the west, and adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao. It is 160 kilometers east of Shantou and 120 kilometers west of Shenzhen, and the waterway is only 81 nautical miles away from Hong Kong. It is an important channel connecting eastern Guangdong, the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong and Macao. It is one of the important central cities in the coastal areas of eastern Guangdong. It has unique geographical advantages and profound development potential. Shanwei City has a long history, since ancient times, there have been ancestors living here, better retain the essence of the Central Plains culture, Chaoshan culture, ou Yue culture. In March 2019, it was on the list of the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization districts and counties.
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