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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.

Lingchuan County, which belongs to Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, is located in the southeast of Shanxi Province, Gaoping in the west, Zezhou County in the southwest, Huguan and Changzhi in the north, and Huixian City and Xiuwu County in Henan Province in the east and south, which is the gateway to the southeast of Shanxi Province. The county has a total area of 1751 square kilometers, most of which are between 1,200 mi 1600m above sea level, with the highest elevation of 1796.2 m and the lowest elevation of 628m. The stony mountain area accounts for 43.9% of the total area of the county. It has jurisdiction over 7 communities in 7 towns, 5 townships, 371 administrative villages and 7 communities, with a total population of 255000, including an agricultural population of 226000. Lingchuan has a long history and heavy cultural accumulation. The ancient domain is the Yao and Shun tribes, which is the birthplace of go in the world. Since the founding of the county by Emperor Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty (596 AD), there have been 7 top winners and 93 in history.
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