Washington, D.C.
caipital ceety o the Unitit States o Americae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
caipital ceety o the Unitit States o Americae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Washington, D.C. (pronounced /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən ˌdiːˈsiː/ (deprecatit template)), formally the Destrict o Columbie an commonly referred tae as Washington, the Destrict, or simply D.C., is the caipital o the Unitit States, foondit on Julie 16, 1790. Article Ane o the Unitit States Constitution provides for a federal destrict, clear frae the states, tae serve as the permanent naitional caipital. The Ceety o Washington wis oreeginally a separate municipality wi'in the federal territory till an act o Congress in 1871 establisht a single, unifeed municipal govrenment for the hale Destrict. It is for this raison that the ceety, while legally namit the Destrict o Columbie, is kent as Washington, D.C. Namit in honour o George Washington, the ceety skares its name wi the U.S. state o Washington locatit on the kintra's Paceefic coast.
Washington, D.C. | |
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Destrict o Columbia | |
Tap left: Healy Haw at Georgetoun Varsity; tap richt: U.S. Capitol; mids: Washington Monument; bottom left: Frederick Douglass Naitional Historic Site; bottom richt: African American Ceevil War Memorial | |
Motto(s): Justitia Omnibus (Juistice for Aw) | |
Coordinates: 38°53′42.4″N 77°02′12.0″W | |
Kintra | Unitit States |
Federal destrict | Destrict o Columbie |
Appruivit | 16 Julie 1790 |
Organisit | 1801 |
Consolidatit | 1871 |
Grantit limitit sel-govrenment | 1973 |
Named for | George Washington |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Muriel Bowser (D) |
• D.C. Council | Phil Mendelson (D), Convener |
Area | |
• Federal destrict | 177.0 km2 (68.3 sq mi) |
• Laund | 159.0 km2 (61.4 sq mi) |
• Water | 18.0 km2 (6.9 sq mi) |
Elevation | 0–125 m (0–409 ft) |
Population | |
• Federal destrict | 672,228 |
• Rank | 22nt, U.S. as o 2014[update] incorporatit places estimate |
• Density | 4,251/km2 (11,011/sq mi) |
• Metro | 6,033,737 (7t U.S.) |
• CSA | 9546579 (4t U.S.) |
• Demonym | Washingtonian |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code(s) | 20001-20098, 20201-20599 |
Area code(s) | 202 |
Website | www.dc.gov |
The Destrict is locatit on the north bank o the Potomac River an is surroondit bi the states o Virginia tae the soothwast an Maryland tae the ither sides. The ceety haes a resident population o 599,657; acause o commuters frae the surroondin suburbs, its population rises tae ower ane million durin the wirkweek. The Washington Metropolitan Aurie, o whilk the Destrict is a pairt, haes a population o 5.4 million, the aicht-lairgest metropolitan aurie in the kintra.
The centres o aw three brainches o the federal govrenment o the Unitit States are locatit in the Destrict, as are mony o the naition's moniments an museums. Washington, D.C. is hame tae 174 foreign embassies as weel as the heidquarters o the Warld Bank, the Internaitional Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation o American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank, an the Pan American Healt Organisation (PAHO). The heidquarters o ither institutions sic as tred unions, lobbyin groups, an perfaisional associes are locatit in the Destrict forby.
Washington, D.C., is govrenit bi a mayor an a 13-memmer ceety cooncil. Housomiver, the Unitit States Congress haes supreme authority ower the ceety an mey owerturn local laws. Residents o the Destrict tharefore hae less sel-govrenance than residents o the states. The Destrict haes a nane-votin, at-muckle Congressional delegate, but nae senators. D.C. residents coud no vote in presidential elections till the ratification o the Twintie-third Amendment tae the Unitit States Constitution in 1961.
Washington, D.C. haes ten offeecial sister ceety greements.[3] Paris is a "Pairtner Ceety" due tae the ane Sister Ceety policy o that commune.[4]
Ceety | Kintra | Year |
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Bangkok | Thailand | 1962, renewed 2002 |
Dakar | Senegal | 1980, renewed 2006 |
Beijing | Cheenae | 1984, renewed 2004 |
Brussels | Belgium | 1985, renewed 2002 |
Athens | Greece | 2000 |
Paris | Fraunce | 2000, renewed 2005 |
Pretoria | Sooth Africae | 2002, renewed 2008 |
Seoul | Sooth Korea | 2006 |
Accra | Ghana | 2006 |
Sunderland | Unitit Kinrick | 2006 |
Roum | Italy | 2011 |
Ankara | Turkey | 2011 |
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