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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.

Weiyuan County belongs to Dingxi City, Gansu Province. Weiyuan County is located in the middle of Gansu Province, the central and western part of Dingxi City, 174km away from the provincial capital Lanzhou and 55 km away from Longhai Railway Longxi Station. The geographical coordinates are 104 °02km east longitude and 35 °07km north latitude, with a total area of 2065 square kilometers. As of 2011, Weiyuan County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 8 townships, a total of 3 communities, 217 administrative villages and 1536 village groups, with a total population of 351700, mainly Han nationality, and ethnic minorities are Hui, Tibetan, Manchu and Mongolian, accounting for less than 1% of the total population. In 2011, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Weiyuan County reached 1.61171 billion yuan, an increase of 12.8% over 2010.
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