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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.

Yutian County is a county under the jurisdiction of Hotan area of Xinjiang. It is located in Tian County, named after the ancient country of the Han Dynasty. In 1959, it was simplified to Yutian County. Yutian County is located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. It is bordered by Minfeng County to the east, Taklimakan Desert and Shaya County to the north, Cele County to the west, and Gaize County and Ritu County in the Tibet Autonomous region to the south. From 2006 to 2010, the total GDP of Yutian County reached 4.415 billion yuan, which was 1.87 times of the cumulative output value from 2001 to 2005. As of December 2017, the county has a total area of 40320 square kilometers and a total population of 289500, of which the Uygur population accounts for 98.3% of the county's total population, and has jurisdiction over 13 townships, 2 towns, 3 farms, 2 subdistrict offices and 205 administrative units.
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