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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.

Shibing County is located in the central and eastern part of Guizhou Province, the northwest of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, and the combination of Qiandongnan, Tongren and Zunyi prefectures (cities). There are Bashi Mountain and Bingshui in the territory. Shibing County, Donglin Town, Tongren Shiqian County, Taijiang County in the south, Jianhe County in the southeast, Yuqing County in Zunyi Prefecture in the west, with a total area of 1543.8 square kilometers, have jurisdiction over 5 towns and 3 townships with a population of 156000 (2008). There are 13 ethnic groups in the county, including Miao, Dong, Buyi and Han. It is 62 kilometers from north to south and 60 kilometers from east to west. The Hunan-Guizhou Railway runs across the county. There is a Shibing Station in Yangliutang Town, 17 kilometers away from the county seat, and a 320000-ton railway freight yard. The Hunan-Guizhou Highway runs through the county town and runs through the whole territory, which is far from the state capital Kaili City.
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