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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.

Mianchi County, which belongs to Sanmenxia City, Henan Province, is located in the northwest of Henan Province. It is bordered by the Yellow River to the north and Yuanqu, Xiaxian and Pinglu in Shanxi Province to the north, Luoning and Yiyang to the south, Yima to the east and Xin'an to the east, and Shaanzhou District to the west. The geographical coordinates are 111 °33'E to 112 °01 °E and 34 °36'N to 35 °05'N, belonging to temperate monsoon climate. Mianchi County is 43.5km wide from east to west and 52.8km from north to south, with a total area of 1421 square kilometers and a total population of 358900 (2017). The county has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 7 townships. The county people's government is stationed in Chengguan Town, 190 kilometers away from the provincial capital Zhengzhou and 300 kilometers away from the ancient capital Xi'an. Mianchi County is a county of economic management and power expansion, a key county of opening to the outside world, and a processing and trade county in Henan Province.
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