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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.

Jialing District, which belongs to Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, is located on the west bank of the Jialing River. Jialing District is a county-level administrative district approved by the State Council in September 1993. It borders Shunqing District in the north, Wusheng County in the south, Xichong County and Pengxi County in the west, Gaoping District in the east, and forms a two-hour economic development circle with Chengdu and Chongqing. Jialing District has jurisdiction over 6 streets, 22 towns and 18 townships, covering an area of 1278 square kilometers; in 2013, the total population was 704800. By 2015, Jialing District had achieved a GDP of 12.59 billion yuan. On July 31, 2018, the Sichuan provincial government approved Jialing District to withdraw from the sequence of poor counties.
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