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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.

Sansha City is one of the four prefecture-level cities in Hainan Province. Established in 2012 with the cancellation of the offices of the Xisha Islands, Nansha Islands and Zhongsha Islands in Hainan Province, it is located in the central and southern part of the South China Sea and Hainan Province, and has jurisdiction over the islands and reefs and sea areas of the Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands and Nansha Islands, with a total area of more than 2 million square kilometers, of which the land area is more than 20 square kilometers (including southwest sand-filled land). By 2015, Sansha City had jurisdiction over 4 administrative districts (work committee and management committee) and 10 communities, with a resident population of more than 2500 (excluding resident military and police) and a registered population of 448. The municipal government is stationed on Yongxing Island in Xisha. Sansha City is the southernmost prefecture-level administrative region in China, and it is also the city with the largest total area, the smallest land area and the least population.
Airport In Sansha - Sansha Yongxing Airport
Sansha Yongxing Airport (Sansha Yongxing Airport, IATA: XYI, ICAO: ZJYX), located in the southeast of Yongxing Island, Yongxing Town, Xisha District, Sansha City, Hainan Province, China, about 800 meters west of the Sansha Municipal People's Government, is a 4C-level military and civilian shared airport   .
In April 1991, the military Yongxing Island Airport was completed and opened to navigation; in 2012, Hainan Province applied to renovate and expand the Yongxing Island Airport into a military-civilian airport; on December 22, 2016, Sansha Yongxing Airport opened civil aviation business charter flights     .
As of December 2016, the terminal building of Sansha Yongxing Airport covers an area of ​​about 3,500 square meters, and the apron has 4 civil aviation parking stands; the airport runway is 3,000 meters long and 50 meters wide, and can take off and land aircraft below Boeing B737-800   ;Hainan Airlines has opened a total of 1 routes here   .
In 2021, Sansha Yongxing Airport will have a total annual passenger throughput of 36,405 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 85.0%, ranking 235th in the country; cargo and mail throughput of 200.2 tons, a year-on-year increase of 54.1%, ranking 170th in the country; sorties, a year-on-year increase of 88.1%, ranking 239th in the country   .
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