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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.

Dechang County, which belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, lies between 101o54-#39;-102 °29-#39;, north latitude 27 °05-#39;-27 °36-#39;, covering an area of 2284 square kilometers. It is located in the Anning River Valley, the eastern edge of the Kangzang-Tibet Plateau in the Hengduan Mountains, adjoining Huili and Miyi County in the south, Yalong River and Yanyuan County in the west, Xichang City in the north, Luoji Mountain ridge and Puge County in the east, and Ningnan County in the southeast, with a total area of 2288 square kilometers. Dechang system has a history of more than 2000 years, and it is the necessary place of the southern Silk Road "reaching Beijing in the north and Mengzhao in Nantong". It contains rich "Phoenix culture", "nine palaces and eighteen temples", Buddhism and Taoism culture, Lisu people.
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