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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.

Yongde County belongs to Lincang City, Yunnan Province, which controls the Nanting River in the east and strangles the Nujiang River in the west. It is surrounded by Gengma County, Zhenkang County, Longling County, Shidian County, Changning County, Fengqing County and Yun County. Yongde County was analyzed in 1963. The county has a Dedang town, so it is named Yongde. The area is 71.5km wide from east to west and 75.8km from north to south, with a total area of 3296 square kilometers, with mountainous areas accounting for 95 per cent. Yongde County has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 7 townships (including 2 ethnic townships), living in 22 ethnic groups, including Han, Yi, WA, Brown, Dai, Lisu and Lahu, with a total population of 369700 (2010). The climate of Yongde County generally belongs to the valley monsoon climate with the confluence of the south subtropics and the north tropics. The terrain is high in the southeast and west, tilting to the north, shaped like mulberry leaves. Although the surface of the county is inclined and relatively broken, it is suitable for tillage.
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