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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.

Xunhua Salar Autonomous County is located in the east of Qinghai Province, the eastern section of the Qilian Mountains, bordering Jishishan County of Gansu Province and Linxia County of Gansu Province to the east, Xiahe County of Gansu Province and Tongren County of Qinghai Province to the south, Jianzha County to the west, and Hualong Hui Autonomous County and Minhe Hui Autonomous County of Qinghai Province to the north, with a total area of 2100 square kilometers. As of 2011, there are 3 towns and 6 townships in the county with a total population of 126900. Xunhua Salar Autonomous County is located on the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is high in the south and low in the north, surrounded by mountains and valleys, and the air current picks up. The annual average temperature is 8.7 ℃. With the global temperature rising in the past decade, the annual average temperature is more than 9 ℃. There is no heat in summer and no cold in winter. With an average elevation of 2200 meters, it is one of the lower elevations in Qinghai Province. Mean sea in river valley area
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