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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.

Maoxian is a county under the jurisdiction of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. it is located in the southwest of Sichuan Province and on the southeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the southeast of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. The geographical coordinates are longitude 102 °56 "104 °10" east and latitude 31 °25 "32 °16". It spans the alpine valleys of the upper reaches of the Minjiang River and the Fujiang River, 116.62 kilometers from east to west, 93.73 kilometers from north to south, and an area of 3903.28 square kilometers. As of 2012, Maoxian has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 18 townships, a total of 149 administrative villages and 3 neighborhood committees, with a total population of about 110000. It is the largest Qiang inhabited county in China. In addition to the Qiang nationality, 17 ethnic groups such as Han, Tibetan and Hui also live in the territory. On July 31, 2018, the Sichuan Provincial Government approved the withdrawal of Maoxian from the poverty-stricken county preface.
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