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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.

Hot Spring County, which belongs to Bortala Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is located in the northwest of Xinjiang, the upper reaches of Bortala River, the northern foot of the western part of Tianshan and the western margin of Junggar Basin. It is bordered by Bole to the east, Zhentao Mountain to the south and Huocheng County to the south, and Kazakhstan to the west and north to Kongguoro Obo Mountain and the western part of Alatao Mountain respectively. The county is 139.4 km long from east to west and 64.8km wide from north to south. The area of arable land is 490000 mu, the area of grassland is 6.19 million mu and the forest is 551000 mu. The climate here is warm in winter and cool in summer, with an annual average temperature of 3.6 degrees Celsius. The total annual diameter of surface water is 800 million cubic meters, the groundwater reserves are 310 million cubic meters, and the theoretical water energy reserves are 279000 kilowatts. The population in 2012 was 74600. 2018
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