Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.
	capital city of the United States
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Instance of	capital,; federal district,; city of the United States
Part of	contiguous United States,; Mid-Atlantic
Named after	George Washington (Washington);
Location	District of Columbia
Located in or next to body of water	Potomac River (south, west),; Anacostia River,; Rock Creek
Head of government	Muriel Bowser (2 January 2015, Democratic Party);
Has part	neighborhood of Washington, D.C.;
Inception	16 July 1790;
Population	672,228 (2015);
Area	177 km² (9 July 1846);
Elevation above sea level	125 m;
Different from	District of Columbia;
	official website
Authority control
	VIAF ID: 312739635; GND ID: 4064682-8; OSM relation ID: 162069; BNE ID: XX451789; BabelNet ID: 00003365n
	38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.12″ W OpenStreetMap; Google Earth; Proximityrama;
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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]

United States Capitol
United States Senate
United States House of Representatives
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
The Lincoln statue
Lincoln Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
Jefferson Memorial Statue
Washington Monument
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
PEOC
The South side of the White House
South Portico of the White House

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.