Washington, D.C.

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Washington, D.C. 
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Flag of the District of Columbia.svg  Seal of the District of Columbia.svg 
capital city of the United States
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Instance ofcapital,
big city,
federal district,
city,
county-equivalent
Part ofMid-Atlantic,
contiguous United States
Named after
LocationDistrict of Columbia, United States of America
Capital
Head of government
Inception16 July 1790
Population
  • 672,228 (2015)
Area
  • 177 square kilometre (9 July 1846)
Elevation above sea level
  • 125 metre
Different from
official website
Authority control
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38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.12″ W

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Washington, D.C. is the seat of the United States federal government.

Main category: Washington, D.C.

Federal Building and Post Office[edit]

  • Apotheosis of George Washington.jpg
  • WDC Capitol 1.jpg
  • USCapitol2.JPG

  • Vertical look from below Capitol Hill

  • English: Capitol under construction
    Magyar: A Capitolium építés alatt

  • United States Capitol building under renovation February 2015

  • United States Capitol building under renovation February 2015

  • United States Capitol building under renovation February 2015

  • Bureau of Engraving and Printing building, Washington, D.C.

  • Department of Commerce

  • Department of Justice

  • U.S. Department of Labor

  • Federal Trade Commission

  • Library of Congress

  • National Academy of Sciences building

  • IRS

  • National Archives

  • U.S. Supreme Court building at sunset

  • The Bureau of Engraving and Printing building

  • Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building

  • U.S. Treasury building

museum & memorial[edit]

  • National gallery of Art, West Building

  • National Museum of the American Indian

  • United States Botanic Garden

  • National World War II Memorial and Lincoln Memorial

  • NWW2Memorial LincolnMemorial.JPG

  • The Lincoln statue

  • Lincoln Memorial

  • Jefferson Memorial

  • Jefferson Memorial Statue

  • Reflecting pool.jpg
  • US Navy memorial3.jpg

  • Washington Monument

  • Washington C D.C. Tidal Basin cherry trees.jpg

  • Smithsonian Castle at sunset

  • National Museum of the American Indian

  • Lincoln Memorial from the back under construction

  • A front view of the Arts and Industries building

  • A front view of the Holocaust Museum

Vietnam Veterans Memorial[edit]

  • Location

  • Satellite image

  • Vietnam memorial

  • English: Names on the wall
    Magyar: Nevek a falon

White House[edit]

  • White House, south

  • White House, south

  • White House, north

  • West Wing

  • From Washington Mounment

  • WashMonument WhiteHouse.jpg
  • TheWhiteHouse.jpg
  • White House view with crowd.jpg
  • White House.jpg

  • The South side of the White House

  • South Portico of the White House

  • Whitehouse2.jpg
  • Whitehouse3.jpg

embassy[edit]

  • Dominican Embassy, Washington D.C.

  • Estonian Embassy, Washington D.C.

Boundary stones[edit]

  • 6980 Maple Street NW

  • English: A close-up of the southern cornerstone of the original D.C. boundary markers. The stone is located in the sea wall of Jones Point Light.

  • District of Columbia boundary marker at the corner of Western Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue NW, near the Friendship Heights station of the Washington Metro.

Miscellaneous[edit]

  • Washington DC view1.jpg
  • DC Route 4.jpg

  • Taras Shevchenko Monument at P Street and 22nd Street

  • Entrance to Chinatown / Eingang zum Chinatown-Viertel

  • Front of a Tourmobile sign at the Lincoln Memorial stop...

  • ...and the back of it.

  • Union Station in Washington, D.C.

map[edit]

  • Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area Road Map

  • Washington, D.C.

End[edit]

  • capture and destruction by the British, 1814

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