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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.

Shuangbai County is a county under the jurisdiction of Chuxiong Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, built in the Western Han Dynasty, ancient Yizhou County, under the jurisdiction of Yimen, Shuangbai County and Xinping County in the northwest. It is located in the hinterland of central Yunnan, east of the Ailao Mountains, 58 kilometers away from Chuxiong, the state capital, and 210 kilometers away from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan. In 2011, Shuangbai County has jurisdiction over 5 towns, 3 townships, 84 village committees, 1540 villagers' groups and 1845 natural villages, with a total area of 4045 square kilometers. There is not a complete flat dam of one square kilometer in Shuangbai County, and the mountain area accounts for 99.7% of the land area. At the end of 2011, Shuangbai County has a total population of 159700, of which the agricultural population accounts for 89.2%. There are 18 ethnic groups living in the territory, including Han, Yi, Hui, Miao and Hani. In 2011, Shuangbai County realized 1.64 billion yuan of regional GDP and completed local wealth.
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