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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.

Yaozhou District, which belongs to Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province, is located on the southern edge of the Weibei Plateau in central Shaanxi, southwest of Tongchuan City, Xunyi County in the north, Sanyuan County in the south, Wangyi District and Yintai District in Tongchuan City in the northeast, Fuping County in the southeast and Chunhua County in the southwest. It is between 10834 miles east longitude and 109 degrees 06 east longitude and 34 degrees 48 miles north latitude and 35 degrees 19 degrees north latitude, with a total area of 1617 square kilometers. Yaozhou District, known as Yaoxian in ancient times, is the natural gateway from Guanzhong to northern Shaanxi, known as "Beishan lock key" and "Guanfu lapel throat". Yaozhou has a long history and profound cultural heritage. It used to be the ruler of Kangshi in ancient times, with a history of more than 2160 years. It was Sun Simiao, a medical scientist in the Sui and Tang dynasties, Fu Xuan, a philosopher in the Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Gongquan, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, Linghu Deyi, a historian, and a landscape painter in the Northern Song Dynasty.
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