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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.

Zhidan County, which belongs to Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the hilly and gully region of the Loess Plateau in the north of Shaanxi Province, connected with Ansai in the east, Wuqi County and Jingbian County in the northwest, Ganquan County and Fuxian County in the southeast, and Heshui County and Huachi County in Gansu Province in the southwest. Between longitude 108o 11mm 56 "- 109o 3m 48" east and latitude 36o 21m 23 "- 37o 11m 47" north, with a total area of 3781 square km. Zhidan County, formerly known as Baoan County, was renamed Zhidan County in June of 1936 in memory of General Liu Zhidan, a "mass leader and national hero". In July of the 25th year of the people's Republic of China (1936), the Central people's Government of the Chinese Soviet Union held the capital Zhidan. The CPC Central Committee and Chairman Mao fought and lived here for more than six months, known as the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
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