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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.

Taikang is located in the south of the North China Plain, Zhe City and Sui County of Shangqiu to the east, Tongxu and Qixian of Kaifeng City to the north, Fugou and Xihua to the west, and Huaiyang to the south. The county has jurisdiction over 23 townships and 768 administrative villages, with a total area of 1759 square kilometers and an area of 1.71 million mu of arable land, with a total population of 1.41 million by 2012, rich in wheat and cotton, known as "Yintaikang". Taikang County is an advanced county of grain production in China, a model county of greening in China, a commercial grain base county of China, a high-quality cotton base county of China, a demonstration county of popular science in China, and a major county of pig farming in China. Henan forestry ecological county, Henan Province Ping an construction advanced county, Henan industrial agglomeration area has developed rapidly. Taikang is rich in power resources, and the high-voltage lines of Danjiang and Gezhouba power grids are imported into the territory, and the power supply capacity is obviously enhanced.
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