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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.

Fangcheng District, located on the Beibu Gulf in southern Xinjiang of China, is located in the center of Fangchenggang, connecting Nanning to the north, Fangchenggang to the south, Qinzhou to the east and Dongxing to the southwest to the border between China and Vietnam, with a coastline of more than 130 kilometers and a border of more than 200 kilometers. Dongzhong and other four townships are bordered by Vietnam. Nanfang Railway and Qinfang Expressway run through the territory. In 2012, Fangcheng District has a total population of 414500, inhabited by 19 ethnic groups, including Han, Zhuang, Yao and Beijing, of which ethnic minorities account for 35.7% of the total population. There are more than 260000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, making it the second largest hometown of overseas Chinese in Guangxi. Fangcheng District is the hometown of Chinese golden scented tea, star anise and cinnamon. It is one of the top ten counties for scientific development in Guangxi in 2008, and the pilot county for the development of county industry in Guangxi.
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