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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.

Xiangtan County is located in the north of Nanyue Hengshan Mountain, the west bank of the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River, the northern section of the Changheng Hilly Basin, between latitude 27 °20 mi 28 °05 'north and longitude 112 °25 mi 113 °03' east, Zhuzhou City and Dengkou District in the east, Hengdong County, Hengshan County and Shuangfeng County in the south, Xiangxiang City and Shaoshan City in the west, and Xiangtan City in the north. Under the jurisdiction of 15 towns, 4 townships, a total of 645 administrative villages, 14 neighborhood committees, 14 community neighborhood committees. In 2015, according to Xiangtan County township division adjustment plan, the adjustment under the jurisdiction of 3 townships and 14 towns. Xiangtan County, known as the Pearl of Central Hunan, is the hometown of Xianglian in China and the birthplace of Huxiang culture. The whole county belongs to the comprehensive reform pilot area of resource-saving and environment-friendly society (that is, national "two-oriented society") of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration.
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