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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.

Lingyuan is located in the west of Liaoning Province, hosted by Chaoyang City at the prefecture level. Named after the birthplace of the Daling River, it is located at the confluence of Liaoning, Hebei and Inner Mongolia provinces (regions). It is an important traffic contact city connecting the two major urban agglomerations of Beijing and Shenyang and connecting the hinterland of Inner Mongolia and the coastal port. It is 435 kilometers away from Shenyang, 371 kilometers away from Beijing and 150 kilometers away from Qinhuangdao. Lingyuan is a part of the hills and mountains of western Liaoning, with vertical and horizontal gullies and overlapping mountains. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The city has a total area of 3278 square kilometers and a population of 651000 (2016). It has jurisdiction over 9 townships, 13 towns and 8 streets. In 2018, Lingyuan achieved a full-caliber regional GDP of 15.58 billion yuan in 2018, an increase of 0.2% over 2015 at comparable prices. Niuheliang Red found in its territory
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