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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.

Songxi County (ancient belongs to Songxi County of Jianning Prefecture) belongs to Nanping City, Fujian Province, located at the junction of Fujian and Zhejiang, to the southeast of Wuyi Mountain. In ancient times, there are many Qiao pines along both sides of the river, which is known as "Baili Pine Yinbi Changxi", hence the name of Songxi County. Songxi County has a total area of 1043 square kilometers and a total population of 168000 in 2016. It is 48 kilometers east to Qingyuan County, 27 kilometers southeast to Zhenghe County, 107 kilometers west to Jianyang County, and 75 kilometers north to Pucheng County. Songxi County has jurisdiction over 1 street, 2 towns and 6 townships. Songxi County was named "the hometown of Chinese Folk printmaking Art" by the Ministry of Culture in May 2000. On July 22, 2016, Songxi County passed the examination and acceptance of the national ecological county of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and became the first national ecological county in northern Fujian.
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