Hwæsingatun, D.C.
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Hƿæsingatūn, D.C. (Columbian scīr, Niwenglisc: District of Columbia) is sēo hēafodstōl þāra Geānlǣhtan Rīcu American. Sēo burg nis nǣnig rīce, noþþe ānne rīce self; ac hēo siteþ trēoƿiendlice scīrum.
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Motto: Taxation without representation | |
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Land | Geānedu Rīcu America |
Heafodstol | no value |
Gestaðelod | 16 Mædmonað 1790 |
Brego | Muriel Bowser |
Bradnes • gerim |
177 km² |
Hiehþu | 72 m |
Leodræden • buend |
689,545 buenda |
Tidgyrdel | Eastern Time Zone, UTC−05:00, UTC−04:00, America/New_York |
Sprecungrim | 202 |
Webstede | Webstede |
Hƿæsingatun, D.C. Commons | |
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Stǣred on Æfterra Līce þone 16 Mǣdmōnað 1790, wæs sēo burh gesceapen tō þēnigane þæt sēo Þēodena ǣrende þēodan mihte and is setlōcod on ðæm ēastan bæce þæs Potomac Fēores, begeotan fram Mǣrlande tō ðǣm norþwestan and Virginie tō ðǣm suþwestan. Sēo ġēard stōd ūt of lande gesēndon fram þǣm twām rīcum tō bīdnigean āswīðe sēo unrǣdiga land.
Þāre burh tōwurdon wās sīde and geswenct be Pierres Ceorles L'Enfant, fræncisces byrding and ymbhwyrftbūend. Hƿæsingatūn, D.C. is wīd wīd for sīnra eaðmodiga nīwðeardaga, mid eardlīcum gemǣrum swā swā Se Unrǣd Hūs, Sēo Hlīt Hūs, and Sēo Hālȳ Sið and siðbrycge. Sēo Þēodena ǣ, sīo gedǣlde ēac frīgol dæla geseted fram weallum and byldingum, biþ symbolecenter Āmǣrcanre bōtscipe.
Būton þǣre rīcere ār, Hƿæsingatūn, D.C. is hām tō micle līffrēonda and gedwimorliċre gesǣlignesse. Sēo byrig þēowap wel ēac gemǣlīce of lēodlicum folce, and hyre wunian þā eornostlice sēo burh biþ woruldcyningstōl. Þā ciriclican cīeres on þǣre mǣgŷre, sēo heora fornicastel healdaþ be þām geāndungum tō hyre geðēode, offriendende mycelgemǣlum of cræftum, stīþ and rūh, biþēoniges, and sīnra gemynda. Þēon þǣre burhra ǣwum, mid bīwealdigende byldingum and ēhtigend āgēan sīnra ǣwa gewrixle. Swā swā sēo hrōðor stede Æmǣrcena wīsdōmes and gemǣnsumiend and þæs þēodan þrīste, biþ Hƿæsingatūn, D.C. sīo byrig bānwide mǣst ġeþēodlīc and þǣrforan sīo burh symble gehīeþ under þǣm hlīsan.