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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.

Lingcheng District, under the jurisdiction of Dezhou City, Shandong Province, is the hometown of Shandong Quyi. It is located in the northwest plain of Shandong Province, between Beijing, Tianjin and Jinan. By 2014, it had jurisdiction over 10 towns, 1 township, 2 subdistrict offices and 2 economic development zones, with a total population of 577000, including an agricultural population of 480000, with a total area of 1213 square kilometers and 1.2 million mu of arable land. Lingcheng District, Dezhou City has a long history, known as the "Zhisheng" Han Wu Emperor Taizhong doctor, writer, comic master Dong Fangshuo's hometown in Shentou Town. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy "Oriental Shuo painting Zan Stele" is a national first-class cultural relic, which is now collected in Wenbo Garden, Lingcheng District, Dezhou City. The ruins of the ancient city of Pingyuan County in Tang Dynasty were built for Yan Zhenqing to be punctual here. There are provincial key cultural relics protection units "Han Tomb Group"
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