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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.

Lianyuan City, which belongs to Loudi City, Hunan Province, is located in the central part of Hunan Province, the northern margin of Hengshao Basin, the upper reaches of Lianshui and Sunshui. Lianyuan City, with a total area of 1830 square kilometers, has jurisdiction over 19 township offices and 1 high-tech zone, with a resident population of 983000 by the end of 2017. Lianyuan is located in the geometric center of Hunan and is an important transportation hub in central Hunan. Lou-Xin Expressway, Changshaolou Expressway, Erguang Expressway and Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway run through the whole territory. Lianyuan City is rich in natural resources, known as "sea of coal", "hometown of building materials" and "hometown of non-ferrous metals". It is Hunan energy and raw material base, 100 key coal-producing counties and cities, national well-known coal machinery production base, and national grain-producing counties. In 2018, Lianyuan City achieved a GDP of 29.06 billion yuan.
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