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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.

Gaogang District is under the jurisdiction of Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province. It is located in the southern half of Taizhou City, bordering the Yangtze River, Hailing District of Taizhou City in the north, Jiangyan District and Taixing City in the east, Jiangdu District of Yangzhou City in the west, and Yangzhong City in the south. The central coordinates of the city are 32 °1906 "north latitude and 119 °52" 33 "east longitude. Gaogang District has a total area of 286.83 square kilometers and a total population of 262905 (by the end of 2012). Gaogang District has jurisdiction over 4 townships, 3 subdistrict offices and 1 provincial high-tech industrial park. Gaogang District is the southern gate of downtown Taizhou and the birthplace of the Navy of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. In the Gaogang area, there are the Yangtze River Port Taizhou Port, the South-to-North Water diversion Project and the Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge. In October 2019, he was selected as the national science and technology in 2019.
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