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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.

Longshan County, which belongs to Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, is located in the northwest of Hunan, in the hinterland of Wuling Mountains, connecting Jing Chu and Ba Shu, which is called "the Confucius of Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan" in history. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, steep in the east and gentle in the west, with towering mountains and undulating peaks, including Youshui, Lishui and its tributaries. The region belongs to the subtropical continental humid monsoon climate zone with four distinct seasons. In 2013, Longshan County has a total area of 3131 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 34 townships (streets) and 462 villages (communities), with a total population of 590000. 16 ethnic minorities, such as Tujia and Miao, account for 71% of the total population. In 2015, Longshan County has jurisdiction over 5 townships, 12 towns and 4 streets. Longshan has Oolong Mountain Grand Canyon, Lotta Stone Forest, Taiping Mountain Forest Park and other natural scenery. Coal, quartz sand, purple sand pottery,
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