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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.

Qiaojia County is located in the northeast of Yunnan Province and the southwest of Zhaotong City, with geographical coordinates of 26 °32 °N, 27 °25 °N and 102 °52 °E, 103 °26'E. Qiaojia County borders Huize County of Qujing City in the east, Dongchuan District of Kunming City in the south, Liangshan Prefecture East, Ningnan, Butuo and Jinyang in Sichuan Province in the west, and Zhaoyang District and Ludian County in Zhaotong City across the Niulan River in the north. It is located in the heart of Yunnan and Sichuan provinces. The county covers an area of 3245 square kilometers, with a width of about 57 kilometers from east to west and 98 kilometers from north to south. Qiaojia County people's Government is stationed in Baihetan Town, which is 268 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kunming, 151 kilometers from Zhaotong and 169 kilometers from Xichang, Sichuan.
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