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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.

Xinhe County is under the jurisdiction of Xingtai City, Hebei Province, which is located in the south of Hebei Province and the north of Xingtai City. The administrative area covers an area of 366 square kilometers and has a resident population of 174300 (2016). It has jurisdiction over 2 towns, 4 townships and 169 administrative villages. The county people's government is stationed in the eastern section of Guangming Road, Xinhe Town. The ownership of the new river has been changed many times in previous dynasties, but it is not often abandoned. Tangyang County was bought in the early Western Han Dynasty, and it was called Xinhe County in the fourth year of Huangyou in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 1052). People with lofty ideals emerged in history, such as Tian Guang, a virgin of the State of Yan, Hou Gengchun of Dongguang of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yan Liang, a famous general of the three Kingdoms, Song Dengchun, a poet of the Ming Dynasty, and Dong Zhentang, a senior general of the Red Army. There are Tuotuo Tomb, Liu Gongdi, Ciming Temple and other historical sites in the territory. It is listed as the first batch of millennium ancient counties in Hebei Province. Xinhe County is located in the Fuyang River alluvial plain, the terrain is flat, with an average elevation of 25 meters.
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