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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.

Kangle County, which belongs to Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, is located in the transition zone from Loess Plateau to Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with a total area of 1083 square kilometers, with an average elevation of 2000 meters and a total area of 1083 square kilometers. It is bordered by Lintao County and Weiyuan County in Dingxi City in the east, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture and Zheng County in the west, Lintan County and Zhuoni County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the south, and Guanghe County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in the north. Kangle County has Lianhuashan National Forest Park, Yao Shuixia Forest Park, Bamboo ditch, Peony Valley, West Honeycomb Temple, Line House and other scenic spots. According to the official website in July 2019, Kangle County has a total population of 277700, including Hui, Han, Dongxiang, Baoan, Salar, Tu, Tibetan, Mongolian and Kazakh nationalities.
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