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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.

Duanzhou District, Zhaoqing Municipal District, Guangdong Province, located in the west of the middle of Guangdong Province, the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Xijiang River, belongs to the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone and is the political, economic and cultural center of Zhaoqing City. It is bordered by Xijiang River in the south, Beiling Mountain in the north, Dinghushan in the east and Xiaoxiang Town in Gaoyao City in the west. Between longitude 112 °23'E and latitude 34 °23'E and latitude 23 °2'N to 11'. Duanzhou, with a history of more than 2000 years, is a state-level historical and cultural city and a national scenic city, among which Xinghu Scenic spot is one of the first batch of "National Top Ten Civilization Scenic spots demonstration sites" announced by the State Council of the people's Republic of China.
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