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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.

Wuqi County, which belongs to Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the northwest of Yan'an City, Dingbian County in the northwest, Zhidan County in the southeast, Jingbian County in the northeast, and Huachi County in Gansu Province in the southwest. The geomorphology belongs to the beam-shaped hilly and gully region of the Loess Plateau, with an elevation of 1233m between 1809 m. There are two major basins of Wuding River and Beiluo River in the territory, and the main structure of the terrain can be summarized as "Bachuan Erjian two mountainous areas". Since 1998, the policy of returning farmland to forests has been implemented, and the coverage rate of forest and grass has reached 49.6%. As of March 2019, Wuqi County has jurisdiction over 8 towns, 1 street office, 91 administrative villages and 8 urban communities, with a total area of 3791.5 square kilometers and a resident population of 152100 (2017), including an agricultural population of 106000. The oil industry is an important pillar of the economic development of Wuqi County.
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