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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.

Tongzhou District is located in the southeast of Beijing, at the northern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It is bordered by Chaoyang District and Daxing District in the west, Shunyi District in the north, Sanhe City, Dachang Hui Autonomous County and Xianghe County in Hebei Province in the east, and Wuqing District in Tianjin and Langfang City in Hebei Province in the south. The area covers an area of 906 square kilometers, with a resident population of 1.578 million and a registered permanent population of 787000 at the end of 2018. On July 11, 2015, the Seventh Plenary session of the 11th Beijing Municipal CPC Committee examined and adopted the outline of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated Development Plan, and Tongzhou officially became the deputy administrative center of Beijing. On November 30, 2015, the Beijing Municipal Planning Commission also released to the public that the planning of the administrative deputy center has been basically determined. By 2017, substantial progress will be made in the whole or part of the relocation of municipal administrative institutions.
Airport In Tongzhou District - Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport (Beijing Capital International Airport, IATA: PEK, ICAO: ZBAA), located in the northeast suburb of Beijing, China, 25 kilometers southwest of Beijing city center, 67 kilometers south of Beijing Daxing International Airport, is a 4F international airport   , is one of the three major portal complex hubs in China   , members of the international air cargo hub group in the Bohai Rim region   , the world's largest airport   .
Beijing Capital International Airport was built in 1958. On January 1, 1980, supporting projects such as the T1 terminal building, the apron, and the parking lot in front of the building were completed and officially put into use. On November 1, 1999, the T2 terminal was officially put into use, and at the same time, the T1 terminal was closed for renovation. On September 20, 2004, the T1 terminal was put into use again. In the spring of 2008, the airport expansion project (Terminal T3) was completed.  
As of July 2017, Beijing Capital International Airport has three terminal buildings with a total area of ​​1.41 million square meters; there are two 4F runways and one 4E runway   The length and width are 3800×60 meters, 3200×50 meters, 3800 meters×60 meters respectively; there are 314 seats in total; 252 domestic and foreign routes have been opened.    
From 1978 to 2018, the annual passenger throughput of Beijing Capital International Airport increased from 1.03 million to 101 million, ranking first in Asia and second in the world.   In 2019, the passenger throughput of Beijing Capital International Airport was 100.013 million passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 1.0%; the cargo and mail throughput was 1.9553 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.7%; , No. 2, No. 1.  
In 2021, Capital Airport will add three new domestic destinations, namely Huai'an, Tumusuk and Jingzhou   .
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