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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.

Pingyuan County is located in the northwest of Shandong Province, belonging to Dezhou City, bordering Linyi County and Yucheng City in the east and southeast, Wucheng and Xiajin in the west and southwest, Gaotang in the south and Decheng and Lingcheng in the north. Pingyuan County is located in the northwest plain of Shandong Province in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, with flat terrain and slow tilt from southwest to northeast. The climate belongs to the continental monsoon climate of the north temperate zone, with four distinct seasons and sufficient sunshine. The administrative area covers an area of 1047 square kilometers, with a total population of 470000. It has jurisdiction over 8 towns, 2 townships, 2 streets and 1 economic development zone. Pingyuan County is the hometown of "grain production base", "Beijing-Tianjin vegetable park", "strong county of animal husbandry", "big county of live pigs", "hometown of pigeons", Zhang Quanjing, an expert in the history of party building, Ren Jiyu, the late master of Sinology, Deng Youmei, a famous writer, and so on.
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