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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.

Honghe County is located in the south of Yunnan Province, on the south bank of the upper reaches of the Honghe River, belonging to Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture. It is located between longitude 101 °49 & #39;-102 °37 & #39;, 23 °05 & #39;-23 °27 & #39;, bordering Yuanyang County and Luchun County in the east and south, facing the Red River in Shiping County in the north, Mojiang County in Simao City in the west and Yuanjiang County in Yuxi City in the northwest. The maximum distance from east to west is 81 kilometers, the widest from north to south is 40 kilometers, and the land area is 2057 square kilometers. The total population is 296500 (2010). The county seat is stationed in Luisa town. There are Hani, Yi, Dai, Yao and other ethnic minorities living in the territory, and the minority population accounts for the total population of Honghe County.
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