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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.

Danba County, located in the east of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, is the east gate of Ganzi Prefecture, bordered by Xiaojin County, Aba Prefecture in the east, Kangding City, the state capital in the south and southeast, Daofu County in the west, and Jinchuan County in Aba Prefecture in the north and northeast. Danba County is high in the west and low in the east, with an elevation of 1700rel 5521 meters. The county seat is located in Zhanggu Town on the banks of the Dadu River, 1800 meters above sea level, 137km away from Kangding, the prefecture, and 368km away from Chengdu. By the end of 2011, Danba County had an area of 5649 square kilometers and had jurisdiction over 14 townships, 1 town and 2 streets. at the end of 2011, the total population was 60279, with a natural population growth rate of 2.05 ‰. In 2011, Danba County achieved a GDP of 852 million yuan, an increase of 15.8% over 2010. Among them, the primary industry realized an increase.
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