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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.

Yangling District, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province (formal administrative division), nominally Yangling District is under the jurisdiction of Xianyang City, but its formal administrative jurisdiction is exercised by the Yangling demonstration Zone Management Committee (that is, in a practical sense, it belongs to the lower jurisdiction managed by Yangling demonstration Zone). It gets its name because of the Tai Mausoleum of Emperor Yang Jian of Sui Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Province, 82 kilometers east from the provincial capital Xi'an and 86 kilometers west from Baoji City. By the end of 2017, the area covers an area of 135square kilometers, with 2 subdistrict offices and 3 towns, with a resident population of 206400. There are tourist attractions such as Sui Tai Mausoleum, Jiaojiayuan and the site of the Agricultural High Council. Longhai Railway, Xibao passenger dedicated Line and Xibao Expressway pass through the border.
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