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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.

Dazi District, which belongs to Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous region, is located in the central and southern part of Lhasa, the middle reaches of the Lhasa River, and the east-west Chala Mountains and Guogalari Mountains in the north and south, respectively. Dazi District, 20 kilometers away from Lhasa, is known as the "East Gate" of Lhasa. The average elevation of the whole region is 4100 meters, the lowest elevation of the river valley is 3730 meters, the annual average temperature is 7.5 ℃, the average annual sunshine is 3065 hours, and the average rainfall is 450mm. The total area of the county is 1373 square kilometers, with an area of 68500 mu of cultivated land. As of December 2017, the region has jurisdiction over five townships and one town, with a total population of 30,000. There are 14 temples and Rizu Lakang in Dazi District, among which Gandan Temple, which was built at the beginning of the 15th century and has a history of more than 600 years, is the first of the six major temples of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism (Huangjiao).
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