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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.

Shanyin County, a famous historical and cultural city, is a county under the jurisdiction of Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, located in the north of Shanxi Province, between longitude 112 °25 mi 113 °04 east and latitude 39 °11 mi 39 °47 'north. It is adjacent to Ying County in the east, Pidai County in the south, Shuocheng in the west and Pinglu District II in the west, and borders Zuoyun, Youyu and Huairen in the north. The county has jurisdiction over 4 towns and 9 townships, with a total area of 1651 square kilometers and a total population of 241000 (at the end of 2018). County people's government in Daiyue town. The average annual temperature is about 7 ℃. In 2018, the GDP of the region reached 17.969 billion yuan. Shanyin County is rich in natural resources, mainly coal, which is a major coal-producing county, known as "coal township". On September 7, 2018, the Shanxi provincial government formally approved the withdrawal of the "provincial poverty-stricken county" of Shanyin County.
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