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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.

Pubei County, which belongs to Qinzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, is located in the south of Guangxi, northeast of Qinzhou City, Bobai County of Yulin City to the east, Hepu County of Beihai City to the south, and Hengxian County of Nanning City, Guigang City and Xingye County of Yulin City to the north. The county seat is about 210 kilometers away from the capital Nanning and 120 kilometers away from the coastal open city Beihai City. Pubei County has a total area of 2520 square kilometers. By the end of 2014, it had jurisdiction over 2 streets and 14 towns with a total population of 920600. In 2014, the county's GDP reached 14.43 billion yuan, an increase of 14 percent over 2013. The landform of Pubei County is mainly hilly, with high topography in the middle of the county and low in the south and north; it is located in low latitudes, has sufficient light and heat, belongs to the south subtropical monsoon climate, and is rich in "banana". It is a Chinese species.
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