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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.

Jingning County, which belongs to Pingliang City, Gansu Province, is located in central Gansu, west of Liupanshan, east of Huajialing, bordering Longde and Xiji County of Ningxia in the east and north, Tongwei and Qinan County in the west and south, Huining County in the northwest and Zhuanglang County in the southeast. It is an important town on the middle line of the eastern section of the ancient Silk Road, pacifying highway, 312 national highway, Jingzhuang, Jingqin highway and highway passing through the border. As of 2017, Jingning County has jurisdiction over 13 towns and 11 townships, a total of 5 communities, 333 administrative villages and 2319 village groups, with a total population of 487500, of which the rural population is 446700, mainly Han nationality, and there are 1210 Hui, Tibetan and other ethnic minorities. In 2017, Jingning County achieved a GDP of 5.109 billion yuan. Jingning County
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