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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.

Xunyi County, which belongs to Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the north of Xianyang City, bordered by Yaozhou District of Tongchuan City in the east, Zhengning in Gansu Province in the north, Chunhua in the south and Linbin County in the west. The total area is 1811 square kilometers. Xunyi County was called Yi in ancient times, Qin Fengyi and Hanzhi County. It belongs to warm temperate continental climate. The terrain is high in the northeast and low in the southwest, and the mountain plateau is half and half, and the height difference is obvious. In 2018, Xunyi County had jurisdiction over 1 street and 9 towns. In 2017, Xunyi County has a total resident population of 267100, with a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 12.202 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry is 2.935 billion yuan, the secondary industry is 7.092 billion yuan, the tertiary industry is 2.175 billion yuan, and the annual per capita GDP is 45725 yuan.
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