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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.

Shou County, which belongs to Huainan City, Anhui Province, is located in the middle of Anhui Province, the south bank of the middle reaches of the Huaihe River, Changfeng County in the east, Huainan City and Fengtai County in the north, Huoqiu County in the west, and Lu'an City and Feixi County in the south. It is between 116o 27km east longitude 117o 04' north latitude 31o 54km and 32o 40' north latitude, with a total area of 2986 square kilometers. Shouxian, also known as Shouzhou and Shouchun, is one of the first three cities in Anhui Province to be selected as national historical and cultural cities. It is the hometown of Chu culture, the birthplace of Chinese tofu and the ancient battlefield of the Battle of Qiushui. It is known as an "underground museum". The Shouchun Chu Culture Museum has a collection of more than 160 national first-class cultural relics and more than 2000 second-and third-class cultural relics. As of 2018, Shou County is under its jurisdiction.
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