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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.

Kuitun, founded in 1975, is a county-level city directly under the Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of Yili, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. It is located in the middle part of the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain, southwest of Junggar Basin, bordering Shawan County in Tacheng area in the east, Wusu City in Tacheng area in the west, Karamay District in the north and Dushanzi District in Karamay City in the south. The administrative district covers an area of 1109.89 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over five streets and one agricultural township. The city name means "cold" in Heshuote Mongolian. Kuitun is a new industrial and commercial city in northwest China. At the end of 2016, the total number of urban households was 60, 000, with a total population of 158700, an increase of 1100 over the previous year. Kuitun's economy is the main agricultural and pastoral area and grain, oil and cotton base in Xinjiang. The second Eurasian Continental Bridge runs through Kuitun. 2018
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