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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.

Huangling County, the site of the Yellow Emperor Mausoleum of Xuanyuan, the first ancestor of the Chinese nation, belongs to Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province. It is located in the middle of Shaanxi Province, south of Yan'an City, 124 kilometers north of Yan'an, and 165 kilometers south of Xi'an, the ancient capital. The total area is 2292 square kilometers. Huangling is rich in human resources. The mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, the first ancestor of the Chinese nation, is located at the top of Qiaoshan, 1 km north of the county seat. It is the first batch of national key cultural relic protection units announced by the State Council. It has the reputation of "the first tomb in the world". Huangling County is named as "the hometown of the sacrificial culture of the Yellow Emperor of China" and the first batch of strong tourist counties in Shaanxi Province. In 2018, Huangling County had jurisdiction over one street and five towns, with a resident population of 131900, achieving a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 15.241 billion yuan, of which the primary industry increased.
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