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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.

Zhanyi District belongs to Qujing City, Yunnan Province. It is located in longitude 103 °29 "104 °14" east and latitude 25 °31 "26 °06 'north. It is located in the east of Yunnan Province and in the middle of Qujing City. Since ancient times, it has been known as "the key to entering Yunnan", "the gateway to Yunnan" and "the first state in Yunnan". With a total area of 2910 square kilometers, it belongs to the low-latitude plateau monsoon climate zone, with an average elevation of 2000 meters, annual rainfall of 1000 mm and an annual average temperature of 14 ℃. It has jurisdiction over 4 streets, 2 towns and 5 townships, with a total population of 431058 (2010), of which 28000 are ethnic minorities. The district government is stationed on Xiping Street. Zhanyi District is an old revolutionary base in Yunnan Province, an important tobacco base and a medicinal flower base in China. In 2011, the gross domestic product of Zhanyi District was 11.7 billion yuan and the financial revenue was 12.
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