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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.

Mengzi City, one of the cities under the jurisdiction of Honghe Prefecture in Yunnan Province, is the capital of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, located in the southeast of Yunnan Province and the core area of the central city in southern Yunnan. The area under the jurisdiction of Mengzi City covers an area of 2228 square kilometers, of which the dam area covers an area of 544.2 square kilometers, accounting for 24.4 percent of the total area. The main urban area covers an area of 30.8 square kilometers. In 2015, the total registered population of Mengzi was 397000, and the total resident population was 431400. Mengzi City has jurisdiction over 7 towns, 2 townships and 2 nationality townships. In 2012, the GDP of Mengzi City was 10.2 billion yuan. Mengzi is one of the earliest 24 thousand-year-old counties in Jianxian County, Yunnan Province. It was the largest port for Yunnan's foreign trade at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. At that time, more than 80% of Yunnan's imports and exports
Travel Notes In Mengzi City
Walk into one of the 21 major customs in modern China and feel the vicissitudes of Mengzi (Honghe Jianshui Tour 4)
The Western porcelain of that year was very beautiful The former site of Mengzi Customs used to be the school building of the School of Arts and Law o
In the filming location of the movie "Youth", Mengzi Bisezhai Railway Station, this little brother is very cool
Filming: Liu Guoxiong Bisezhai Railway Station in Mengzi, Yunnan Province is the location of the field hospital in Feng Xiaogang's movie "Youth". Such
Beautiful scenery of Stone Forest, quiet ancient city of Jianshui——Travel Notes of Kunming, Stone Forest, and Jianshui
In the hot summer, I was eager to find a cool world, and my eyes were locked on Yunnan, so I decided to take a trip to Yunnan. After getting off the p
The waiting hall of the platform water tower, the Bisezhai Railway Station in Mengzi, Yunnan, with a history of more than 100 years, is well preserved
The waiting hall of the platform water tower, the Bisezhai Railway Station in Mengzi, Yunnan, with a history of more than 100 years, is well preserved