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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.

Gande County is a county under the jurisdiction of Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. Gande County is located in 99 °36 °30 "~ 100 °53" east longitude and 33 °33 °34 °24 'north latitude. Maqu County, Gansu Province is bordered to the east, the Yellow River to the south, Dari County and Jiuzhi County to the south, and Maqin County to the west and north. Kequ Town, where the county seat is located, is 526 kilometers away from the provincial capital Xining. The county government is stationed in Dongji Township (Wule). 88 kilometers away from the state capital. Gande County has a population of 33000 (2012), mainly Tibetans, accounting for 95.9% of the total population, as well as Han, Hui, Turkish and other ethnic groups. Gande County has a total area of 7046 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 8 townships. In ancient times, it was Qiang, Tang belongs to "Zhimo Prefecture", Tubo, Yuan belongs to Tubo, Ming belongs to Heshuote Mongolian regime, Qing belongs to Zhongguoroke thousand households and Shangguoroke hundred households.
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