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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.

Hunan Province, referred to as Hunan, is one of the 23 provinces in China, bounded by 24 °38 degrees north latitude 30 °08 degrees north latitude, 108 °47 degrees east longitude, 114 °15 degrees east longitude, Jiangxi to the east, Chongqing and Guizhou to the west, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, and Hubei to the north, with a total area of 211800 square kilometers. Hunan is located in the transitional zone from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to Jiangnan hills and Nanling Mountains to Jianghan Plain. Hunan is a horseshoe-shaped landform surrounded by mountains on three sides and opening to the north, which is composed of plains, basins, hills, mountains, rivers and lakes. Hunan is a subtropical monsoon climate across the Yangtze River and Pearl River systems. As of July 2019, Hunan Province has a total area of 211800 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 13 prefecture-level cities and 1 autonomous prefecture. 36 municipal districts, 18 county-level cities, 61 counties and 7 autonomy
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