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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.

Putian, Fujian Province has jurisdiction over prefecture-level cities, also known as "Xinghua" in ancient times, also known as "Puyang" and "Puxian". The territory is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with a saddle-shaped cross section, located on the northern edge of the Tropic of Cancer, bordering the ocean to the east, and is a typical subtropical maritime monsoon climate; as of 2018, it has jurisdiction over one county and four districts, with a total area of 4200 square kilometers; the resident population is 2.9 million. Putian City has a profound history, known as "Xinghua", known as "seaside Zoulu" and "literature famous state". Since the Tang Dynasty, 2482 Jinshi, 21 top scholars and 17 prime ministers have emerged. With sound infrastructure, Meizhou Bay, Xinghua Bay and Ping Bay are surrounded by three bays. Meizhou Bay is a good deep-water port with more than 150 berths of more than 10,000 tons. Fuzhou-Xiamen Railway and Xiang-Li Railway run through the whole territory.
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