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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.

Lianshan Zhuang Yao Autonomous County, which belongs to Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, is located in the Mengzhu Mountains, one of the Wuling Mountains in Nanling, and in the joint of Guangdong, Hunan and Guangxi provinces (regions). Babu District, Hezhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region in the west, and Jianghua Yao Autonomous County in Hunan Province in the north, with numerous peaks, vertical and horizontal streams, and steep terrain. 87% of the total area of the county is mountainous. In ancient times, it is known as "nine mountains, half water and half land." after years of afforestation, the forest coverage rate reached 86.2% in 2014, ranking first in Guangdong. It is rich in native products such as Shatian pomelo, big meat ginger, rosin, Huaishan, winter mushrooms, tea oil, honey, fragrant japonica, bamboo shoots and so on, among which big meat ginger is known as "the hometown of Guangdong ginger". The autonomous county has jurisdiction over seven towns of Yoshida, Taibao, Wedong, Yonghe, Futang, Xiao Sanjiang, Shangshuai and three agriculture and forestry.
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