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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.

Weishan Yi Hui Autonomous County (Weishan County for short) is located in the west of Yunnan Province and in the south of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture. The county seat is 391 kilometers east from the provincial capital Kunming and 53 kilometers north from the state capital Dali. Weishan County is connected with Dali City in the north, Midu County in the east, Nanjian and Fengqing County in the south, and Yangzhuang and Changning County in the west. As of 2013, Weishan County had jurisdiction over 6 townships and 4 towns, covering an area of 2266 square kilometers; by the end of 2017, the registered population was 321554. In 2017, the GDP of Weishan Yi Hui Autonomous County reached 5.753 billion yuan, an increase of 9.8%, of which the added value of the primary industry was 1.805 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2% over the same period last year, and the added value of the secondary industry was 1.791 billion yuan, an increase of 13.7% over the same period last year.
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