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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.

Yuyang District is located in the north of Shaanxi Province and in the middle of Yulin City, adjacent to Wushen Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous region and Hengshan, Mizhi, Jiaxian and Shenmu in Yulin, with a total area of 7053 square kilometers, ranking second in the province. Bounded by the Ming Great Wall, the territory is bounded by the sandy grass beach area along the north, accounting for about 75% of the total area, and the hilly and gully region along the south, accounting for about 25%. Yuyang District has jurisdiction over 21 townships, 10 subdistrict (town) offices, 488 administrative villages and 50 community neighborhood committees, with a registered population of 595200 (2017), including an agricultural population of 357000 (2013) and a resident population of 662000 (2017). Yuyang has a long history and outstanding people, and human beings thrive as early as the Neolithic Age. In the Spring and Autumn period, it has been 20 years since Wei bought the county.
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