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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.

Zizhong County, which belongs to Neijiang City, Sichuan Province, is located in the middle of Sichuan Basin, the middle reaches of Tuojiang River, with latitude 29 °34'~ 30 °24 'north and longitude 104 °27' ~ 105 °07 'east. It is adjacent to Anyue County of Ziyang City and Dongxing District of Neijiang City to the east, to the south of Neijiang City and Weiyuan County, Renshou County and Weiyuan County of Meishan City to the west, and Yanjiang District of Ziyang City to the north. 143 kilometers away from Chengdu and 197 kilometers away from Chongqing, it is one of the first 27 powerful counties in Sichuan. Zizhong County covers an area of 1733.96 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 22 towns. at the end of 2016, the county's total registered population was 1.2791 million. In 2016, the county's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 25.594 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1 percent over 2015. The territory is affected by rock strata and the topography is in the west.
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