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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.

Xixiu District, which belongs to Anshun City, is located in the hinterland of Zhongxiang Department of Guizhou Province, 90 kilometers west of Guiyang City, the seat of Anshun Municipal Government, and the political, economic, scientific, technological and cultural center of Anshun City. Known as "the belly of Guizhou, the throat of Yunnan, the lips and teeth of Guangdong and Shu" and "strangled Yunnan and Guizhou", it has always been regarded as the "dry wharf" and "the prosperity of commerce in the whole province". It has jurisdiction over 7 townships, 8 towns and 6 streets, with a total area of 1704.5 square kilometers and a total population of 625600 (2013). Xixiu District is an excellent selection of karst scenery tourism in the world and the tourism center of the western route of Guizhou. In 1985, it was approved by the State Council as an open city for Class A tourism in China. It is known as "the pearl on the tourism line", "the hometown of batik", "the hometown of local opera" and "the hometown of Tunpu culture". September 25, 2018
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