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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.

Kashgar, one of the five regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is based in Kashgar. Surrounded by mountains on three sides and open on one side, it belongs to the warm temperate continental arid climate zone, with four distinct seasons and long light, with a total area of 162000 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of 1 city and 11 counties, and a total population of 4.6497 million in 2017. The ancient Kashgar area is known as "Shule" and "Shu Fu", including ancient Shule (present-day Kashgar City, Shufu County, Shule County, Jiashi County), Puli (present-day Tashkurgan), Shacha, Yinai (present-day Yingjisha and Aktao), Wuhe House (present-day Tashkurgan), Xinight (present-day Yecheng) and other places. As the traffic hub of the ancient Silk Road, Kashgar is an international commercial port where Chinese and foreign businessmen gather, and it is also the only national historical and cultural city in Xinjiang.
Travel Notes In Kashgar Prefecture
Traveling Around the World (1417) Revisiting Southern Xinjiang No. 12: Lake Karakul and Muztag Peak
On October 21, 2020, after finishing our tour at Baisha Lake and Baisha Mountain, we continued along National Highway 314. When the bus drove to an al
20 days self-driving to play the beautiful Xinjiang
7.7——7.26 lasted 20 days, and enjoyed the northern and southern Xinjiang D1 Qingdao - Hohhot At 5 o'clock in the morning, facing the morning sun with
The Paradise in the depths of Kunlun—Tal Township
Xinghua Village, Tar Township, Southern Xinjiang Every year from the end of March to the beginning of April, when the apricot blossoms are in full bl
Traveling Around the World (1415) Revisiting Southern Xinjiang No. 9: The Old City of Kashgar
If one day you come to Xinjiang, you don’t need to see the lake in Kanas, or set foot on the grasslands of Ili, but you must not miss the most Muslim