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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.

Yongjing County, which belongs to Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, is located in the southwest of central Gansu, in the north of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, bordering Lanzhou in the northeast, Liujiaxia Reservoir (now known as Bingling Lake) in the south, and Minhe County in Qinghai Province in the northwest. It is located between longitude 102 °53'E and latitude 35 °47'N and latitude 36 °12'N, with a total area of 1863.6 square kilometers (2010). The population is 205600 (2012). In 2012, Yongjing County achieved an annual GDP of 330 million yuan. Yongjing County has Liujiaxia, Liujiaxia Dinosaur National Geopark, Bingling Temple Grottoes and other famous scenic spots. Yongjing County, known as "Hezhou North Township", is one of the first counties open to the outside world, a key county for poverty alleviation and development, and also a Liujiaxia and salt pan.
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