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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.

Lianzhou, a county-level city hosted by Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, is located in the northwest of Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, the upper reaches of Xiaobei River, Yangshan County in the southeast, Liannan County in the southwest, Lanshan County and Jianghua County in Hunan Province in the northwest, Linwu County in Hunan Province in the north and Yizhang County in Hunan Province in the northeast, with a total area of 2663.33 square kilometers. Lianzhou City is located at the southern foot of Mengzhuling in Nanling, with mountains on the west, north and east, and slightly lower in the middle. It belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, which is affected by the monsoon all the year round. The river in the territory belongs to the Lianjiang River system, a tributary of the Beijiang River (a tributary of the Pearl River). As of 2014, Lianzhou has jurisdiction over 10 towns and 2 ethnic townships. In 2016, Lianzhou had a resident population of 382200, with 29 ethnic groups, with the Han nationality as the main ethnic group and a minority.
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