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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.

Shangsi County, which belongs to Fangchenggang City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, is located at the northern foot of Shiwandashan in the south of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, between longitude 107 °33 °east and latitude 21 °44 °22 °22 'north. It is bordered by Qinzhou City in the east, Fangcheng Autonomous County in the south, Ningming County in the west, Fusui County in the north and Yongning County in the northeast. The county is about 68.1km long from east to west and 49.5km wide from north to south, with a total area of 2816 square kilometers, accounting for 1.2 per cent of the total area of the autonomous region. The county seat is only 100 kilometers away from Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, 116 kilometers away from Fangchenggang, the largest seaport in Guangxi, and 130 kilometers away from Dongxing City, an important border town in China. 2011 Tourism Ecology Specialty of China Ecological Society
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