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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.

Linqing City, under the jurisdiction of county-level cities in Shandong Province, is hosted by Liaocheng City; located in the northwest of Shandong Province, at the confluence of Zhangwei River and the ancient canal, opposite Hebei Province, the terrain is flat, with few ups and downs, the terrain is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, which is a typical continental monsoon climate; the total area is 960 square kilometers, with 12 towns and 4 streets; the total population in 2016 is 821200. The county system was established in Linqing at the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, thanks to the developed water transport of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and economic and social prosperity for more than 500 years, it was an important circulation hub city and a well-known commercial city in the country at that time. Beijing-Kowloon high-speed railway will set up stations in Linqing, 2 highways (Xinglin Expressway and German-Shang Expressway) and 7 national and provincial highways (Provincial Highway 315, Linguan Road, Linxin Road, Liaolin Road and Linlin Road).
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