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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.

Jinta County, which belongs to Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, is located on the northern edge of the middle part of Hexi Corridor, between longitude 97 °58'E and latitude 39 °47 °40 °59', with a total area of 18800 square kilometers. Jinta County is a typical temperate arid continental climate with cold winter, hot summer, large temperature difference, sufficient sunshine and large evaporation. As of 2017, it has jurisdiction over 5 towns, 5 townships and 1 urban community management committee, with 479 village groups and 4 urban communities in 89 administrative villages. As of 2017, the total population of Jinta County is 145600. Huishui County was set up in the second year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (121BC), which has a history of more than 2100 years. It was formerly known as Wang Zizhuang, named because Ju Quli, the eldest son of Beiliang, once established a herding village here.
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