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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.

Xiping is located in the central and southern part of Henan Province, bordering Yuanhui District of Luohe City in the north, Zhumadian City in the south, Shangcai County in the east, and Wugang City in Pingdingshan City in the west. 300 kilometers south of Wuhan and 130 kilometers north of Xinzheng International Airport, it is located in the "one-day economic circle" of Zhengzhou and Wuhan. Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway and National Highway 107 run through the whole territory. Belongs to Zhumadian City. The county has a population of 860000 (2017) and an area of 1089.77 square kilometers. It was approved as an open county by the State Council in 1991, the pilot county of the eastern, central and western cooperation demonstration project of township enterprises by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1994, and the advanced county of establishing a provincial civilized health city by Henan Province in 2002. In 2009, "National Science and Technology to enrich the people and strengthen the County pilot County". September 2, 2018
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