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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.

Fugong County, which belongs to Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, is located in the Nujiang Gorge between Biluo Snow Mountain and Gaoligong Mountain in the middle of Hengduan Mountains in northwest Yunnan Province. It is bordered by Lanping Bai Pumi Autonomous County and Weixi Lisu Autonomous County in the east, Lushui City in the south, Myanmar in the west, and Gongshan Dulong Nu Autonomous County in the north. The border is 142.218 kilometers long. It is located between longitude 98 °41 "99 °02" east and latitude 26 °28 "27 °32 'north. The maximum vertical distance from north to south is 112 kilometers, and the maximum horizontal distance from east to west is 23 kilometers. As of the end of 2012, the total population was about 100000. In 2012, the total output value of Fogong County was 806.9 million yuan, an increase of 15%. According to information in September 2014, there is one under the jurisdiction of Fogong County.
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