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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.

Gulang County, which belongs to Wuwei City, Gansu Province, is located in the central part of Gansu Province, the eastern end of Hexi Corridor, the northern foot of Wushaoling and the southern edge of Tengger Desert. The geographical coordinates are 37 °09 north latitude 37 °54 mi, east longitude 102 °38 mi 103 °54'. It is bordered by Jingtai County in the east, Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County in the south, Liangzhou District in the northwest and Alashan left Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous region in the northeast. The county is about 102km long from east to west and 88km wide from north to south, with a total area of 5103 square kilometers. As of 2011, Gulang County has jurisdiction over 9 towns, 10 townships, 1 street, 250 villages and 1934 village groups, with a total population of 388943. There are ten ethnic groups, including Han, Hui, Tibetan, Mongolian, Miao, Manchu, Dongxiang, Tu, Maonan and Yao.
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