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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.

Yulin, known as "Shangxun" in ancient times, began in the Spring and Autumn and warring States period, flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and was stationed in Yansui Town (also known as Yulin Town), an important town on the nine frontiers of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Kangxi engraved a stele of "two isolated cities and a thousand years of loyalty and courage". There is a good reputation of "the ancient city of Taichung in the north of South Tower, the sixth floor riding the street all over the world". Such a strange urban construction is rare in China, which is also an important symbol of Yulin as a national historical and cultural city. Yulin is located in the northernmost part of China's Shaanxi Province, at the junction of the Loess Plateau and Maowusu Sandy Land, which is the transitional area between the Loess Plateau and the Inner Mongolia Plateau. Facing the Yellow River and Shanxi Province in the east, Ningxia and Gansu in the west, Yan'an in the south and Ordos in the north, it is the border of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Mongolia and Jin. It has jurisdiction over 2 districts, 1 county-level city and 9 counties, with a resident population of 340
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