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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.

Gaotang County, which belongs to Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, is located in the northwest of Shandong Province, adjacent to Yucheng City and Qihe County in Texas in the east, Linqing City and Xiajin County in the west, Chiping County in the south and plain county boundary in the north, covering an area of 960 square kilometers and a population of 500000. Gaotang County is 70 kilometers east of Jinan International Airport, and Gaotang Railway Station is built through the border. It is more than 50 kilometers away from Liaocheng Station and Linqing Station of Beijing-Kowloon Railway, and 60 kilometers each from Dezhou Station of Beijing-Shanghai Railway. It is convenient to "get on the train in 20 minutes, board the plane in one hour and enter the capital to the port in four hours." Qingyin Expressway and Shandong West Outer Ring Highway pass through the county. The terrain in Gaotang is gentle and the land is fertile, and in the east there are
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