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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.

Gonghe County is one of the five counties in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province. it is a county with large population, vast territory and large proportion of animal husbandry economy in Qinghai Tibetan area. it plays an important role in the economic and social development layout of Qinghai Tibetan area. Located in the northeast of Qinghai Province, it is the Dongmen household of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the "throat of Qinghai-Tibet". It is bounded by Qinghai Lake in the north, the "Mother River" in the south, the Yellow River in the east, Riyue Mountain in the east and the agricultural area in the east, and adjoins Qinghai's southern Tibetan area in the west. Gonghe County has jurisdiction over 11 townships, 99 administrative villages and 14 community neighborhood committees, with a total area of 17300 square kilometers. as of 2012, the total population was more than 134000, including 22 ethnic minorities, including Tibetan, Han, Hui, Sala and Mongolians. among them, ethnic minorities account for 70% of the total population of the county, and there are available grasslands.
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