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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.

Xunyang County is located in the southeast of Shaanxi Province, in the eastern part of Qinba Mountains, between longitude 103 °58'to 109 °48 'east and latitude 32 °29' to 33 °13 'north. It is bordered by Baihe County and Yunxi County in Hubei Province to the east, Pingli County to the south, Zhushan County and Zhuxi County in Hubei Province to the south, Hanbin District to the west, and Zhenan County and Yunxi County in Hubei Province to the north. The county is about 82 kilometers from north to south, 79 kilometers from east to west and 390 kilometers from east to west. The county seat is located at the confluence of the Han River and Xunhe River. the new urban area extends upward for several kilometers along the west bank of the Xunhe River. The northern section is the old city of the county seat, and the place where the Xunhe River enters the Han River is in the shape of "S", so it is also called "Taiji City". The Xiang-Yu Railway has set up a station in the Liuwan community in the northwest of the county, which runs 1518 kilometers from Xiangyang, Zhengzhou and Shijiazhuang to the west of Beijing and west to Chengdu via Ankang and Dazhou.
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