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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.

Wuqia County is located in the western part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, the north of Pamir, the western end of Tarim Basin, the southern foot of Tianshan and Kunlun Mountains. It is bordered by the city of Atushi to the east, Shufu County to the southeast, Aktao County to the southwest and the Kyrgyz Republic to the northwest. Wuqia Town, a county seat, is 1500 kilometers away from Urumqi Highway. Wuqia County is located at the junction of the southern foot of the Gantian Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains. It is bordered by Atushi City and Shufu County in the east, Aktao County in the south and Kyrgyzstan in the northwest (the border is 410 km long). It is 180km long from east to west and 160km wide from north to south, with a total area of 17900 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 2 towns and 9 townships, 1 port management committee, 34 villagers' committees, 8 community neighborhood committees and 144 party branches.
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