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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.

Heping County is located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, the upper reaches of Dongjiang River and the Jiulian Mountains on the border between Guangdong and Jiangxi, and is under the jurisdiction of Heyuan City. Heping County is connected to Longchuan County to the east, Dongyuan County to the south, Lianping County to the west, and Dingnan County and Longnan County in Jiangxi Province to the north. It was said in ancient times that she was "the key place to contact Fujian and Guangzhou, take control of Longnan and Anyuan". It is the first county in Guangdong under the Beijing-Kowloon Railway and Beijing-Kowloon High-speed Railway, and it is also a window for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area to radiate to the mainland. By the end of 2017, there were 245 villages in 17 towns of Heping County, including Yangming, Dam, Changtang, Xiaxia, Shangling, Yousheng, Beidun, Guzhai, Pengzhai, Heshui, Gongbai, Qingzhou, Liyuan, Hot Water, Dongshui, Lishi, Linzhai, and one municipal state-run Liming Forest Farm, with a total area of 2286 square kilometers and a total population of 557900. 2018
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