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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.

Zhaojue County, which belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, is located in the southwest of Sichuan Province, between 27 °45 degrees north latitude and 28 °21 degrees east longitude and 102 °22 degrees east longitude. It is located in the heart of Daliang Mountain, 100 kilometers west of Xichang, the state capital. It is bordered by Meigu and Leibo County to the east, Jinyang, Butuo and Puge County to the south, Xichang City and Xide County to the west and Yuexi County to the north. The county is 95.28km long from east to west and 66.15km wide from north to south, covering an area of 2699 square kilometers. In 2010, Zhaojue County had jurisdiction over 1 town and 46 townships. By the end of 2012, Zhaojue County had a total population of 268400. There are mainly Yi, Tibetan and other ethnic groups, of which the Yi accounts for 97.6% of the total population. Zhaojue is a county with a large Yi population in China, Qiji Shiza, Suoji, Adu and Yinuo.
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