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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.

Pingshan County is a county under the jurisdiction of Yibin City. Because there is Baoping Mountain in the east of the county, the mountain is like a barrier, which gets its name. Pingshan County is located in the lower reaches of Minjiang River, Yibin City in the east, Leibo County and Mabian Yi Autonomous County in the west, Muchuan County in the north and Suijiang County in Yunnan Province in the south. The county seat is 42 kilometers away from Yibin and 300 kilometers away from Chengdu. By the end of 2018, Pingshan County had jurisdiction over 9 towns and 6 townships (including 2 Yi townships), with a total area of 1504 square kilometers, with a registered population of 312780 and 23 ethnic minorities. In 2017, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Pingshan County reached 4.80615 billion yuan, an increase of 8.5%. Among them, the added value of the primary industry is 1.62516 billion yuan, the secondary industry is 1.59822 billion yuan, and the tertiary industry is 1.58277 billion yuan.
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