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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.

Xinxing County, which belongs to Yunfu City, Guangdong Province, is located in the west-central part of Guangdong Province, southeast of Yunfu City, adjacent to the Pearl River Delta, 140km away from the provincial capital Guangzhou, with a total area of 1523 square kilometers. It is 100 kilometers away from the nearest point of the ocean and belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone. Xinxing County Sanmao Railway, S276, S113 lines run through the whole territory, in the "Pearl River Delta one-hour economic circle." The total mileage of county highway is 962.908 km. It has jurisdiction over 12 towns, 199 villages (communities) and 1077 natural villages in 2018. In 2016, there were 492700 registered residents and 450100 permanent residents, as well as more than 150000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It is one of the hometown of overseas Chinese in Guangdong Province and belongs to the Cantonese dialect area. Xinxing County is the industrial base of stainless steel products in China.
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