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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.

Qingtian County is located in the southeast of Zhejiang Province, in the middle and lower reaches of Oujiang River. It is bordered by Wenzhou, Yongjia, Nanlian and Wencheng to the east, Lishui and Jingning she Autonomous County to the west, and Jinyun to the north. The county covers a total area of 2493 square kilometers, which is known as "nine mountains, half water and half land". It is known as "the stone capital of China, Qingtian of the world". Qingtian has a long history and is known as "the hometown of stone carvings, the hometown of overseas Chinese and the hometown of celebrities". It is also the first county in house prices in China, the top ten financial counties in China, the first county in foreign exchange, and the first county in per capita deposits. Qingtian also has the world agricultural heritage-Qingtian rice-fish symbiosis system. Qingtian stone is the first of the four national stones, the stone of Nu Yi mends the sky, and the seal is the first of the three seals. In 2013, Qingtian deeply implemented the development strategy of "deepening radiation to Wenzhou, building Qingtian in the world, and building a happy hometown of overseas Chinese".
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