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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.

Hongta District is located in the hinterland of central Yunnan, located in latitude 24 °08: 30 "- 24 °32" N, longitude 102 °17 °32 "- 102 °41 °37 in the east, Tonghai County in the southeast, Eshan Yi Autonomous County in the southwest, and Jinning District in Kunming City in the north. It is 86 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kunming, with convenient transportation. National Highway 213 and the Kunyu Railway, which is connected with the whole country in 1993, run through the north and south, forming the north-south transportation hub of Yunnan Province. Historically, Hongta District of Yuxi City is known as the "provincial capital Pingfan", which is an important passage to southern Yunnan and neighboring countries in Southeast Asia. On December 14, 2017, it was awarded as one of China's top 100 industrial districts. On February 2, 2019, it was evaluated by the State Administration of traditional Chinese Medicine.
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