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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.

Wangqing County belongs to Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of Jilin Province. Its geographical location is between 129 °51 Mel 130 °56'E and 43 °06 Mel 44 °03'N. It is bordered by Hunchun City in the east, Dunhua City in the west, Tumen City and Yanji City in the south, and Ning'an, Muling and Dongning counties in Heilongjiang Province in the north. The north-south length is 108 kilometers, and the east-west horizontal distance is 152 kilometers. Wangqing County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 1 township. Wangqing County is 40 kilometers from the Russian border and 18 kilometers from the North Korean border. Wang Qing is located in the foothills of Changbai Mountain, which belongs to the mountain area, with an average elevation of 806 meters. It belongs to the continental mid-temperate windy climate, with long winter and short summer, four distinct seasons and great vertical variation. The annual average temperature is 3.9mm, the annual average rainfall is 580mm, the frost-free period is 110141days, and the annual sunshine.
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