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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.

Shidian County, Xiazhong County, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, is located in the western border of Yunnan Province, the east bank of Nujiang River, the south of Baoshan City, between 98 °54 miles east longitude and 25 °00 degrees north latitude, between Kuke River and Changning County in the east, Mengpolo as the boundary and Lincang City in the south, across the Nujiang River and Longling County in the west, and Longyang District in the north. The county seat is 60 kilometers away from Baoshan Municipal Government and 654 kilometers away from Kunming, the provincial capital. By the end of 2015, Shidian County has a total population of 344418, with a total area of 2009 square kilometers, and has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 8 townships, with the county government stationed in Dianyang Town. Shidian County belongs to the low-latitude mountain monsoon climate dominated by the middle subtropics, with an annual average temperature of 17.6 ℃. The topography of the territory belongs to the mountain canyon area on the tail wing of Nushan Mountain, which is generally high in the north and low in the south.
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