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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.

Yangjiang, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, is located on the southwest coast of Guangdong Province, with Jiangmen Enping and Taishan to the east, Maoming to the west, the South China Sea to the south and Yunfu to the north. It is the direct hinterland of the Pearl River Delta and the frontier of western Guangdong facing the Pearl River Delta; the topography is mainly low mountain and hilly landforms, which belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate area with obvious marine climate; it has jurisdiction over two districts, one city and one county. The total area is 7955.9 square kilometers and the total registered population is 2.9606 million. Yangjiang Shenhai Expressway, Western Guangdong Coastal Expressway, Shanzhan Expressway, Zhongyang Expressway, National Highway 325, Sanmao Railway, Yangyang Railway and Shenzhan Railway run through the whole territory. There are many talents in Yangjiang, including Ruan Tuizhi, a southern poet and calligrapher who is one of the eight sons of Lingnan in modern times, Guan Shanyue, a master of traditional Chinese painting, and the New fourth Army.
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