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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.

Tacheng: the county-level city under the jurisdiction of Tacheng area of Yili Prefecture, Xinjiang, is located in the northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region and the Tacheng basin on the northwest edge of Junggar Basin, with a total area of 4356.6 square kilometers. It is bordered by the Republic of Kazakhstan in the northwest, Emin County in the east and Yumin County in the south. It is 530 kilometers to the east from Urumqi, the capital of the autonomous region, and only 12 kilometers to the west from the first-class national port, Baktu Port. It is one of the closest open cities in China to the border. Tower is referred to as "Tarbatai" (Mongolian marmot). Tacheng is the seat of the Tacheng Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China and the administrative office of Tacheng area. In 1984, the county was removed and the city was established. In 1992, it was listed as a further open city along the border by the State Council. In June 1992, with the approval of the State Council, the national border was established.
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