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  2. Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    dc .gov. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly called Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. [13] The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. Washington, D.C., was named for George Washington, a ...

  3. Washington metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the DC area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia ), is the metropolitan area centered around Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States. The metropolitan area includes all of Washington ...

  4. Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia - Wikipedia

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    Geography Map of the boundary stones. The District of Columbia (initially, the Territory of Columbia) was originally specified to be a square 100 square miles (260 km 2) in area, with the axes between the corners of the square running north-south and east-west, The square had its southern corner at the southern tip of Jones Point in Alexandria, Virginia, at the confluence of the Potomac River ...

  5. District of Columbia retrocession - Wikipedia

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    District of Columbia retrocession. District of Columbia retrocession is the act of returning some or all of the land that had been ceded to the federal government of the United States for the purpose of creating its federal district for the new national capital, which was moved from Philadelphia to what was then called the City of Washington in ...

  6. Geography of Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the location of Washington, D.C. in relation to its bordering states of Maryland and Virginia Washington, D.C. is located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States at 38°53′42″N 77°02′11″W  /  38.89500°N 77.03639°W  / 38.89500; -77.03639 , the coordinates of the Zero Milestone , on The Ellipse

  7. Northern Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The region radiates westward and southward from Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, and has a population of 3,257,133 people as of 2023 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, representing of a third of the state's total population.

  8. List of tallest buildings in the Washington metropolitan area

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    Washington - DC: Tallest building in Washington, D.C. since 1959. Tallest constructed in the city in the 1950s. 18 Tysons Tower 318 (97) 22 2014 Tysons: Fairfax: VA: 19 Old Post Office Pavilion: 315 (96) 12 1899 Washington - DC: Tallest building constructed in Washington in the 1890s. Fairview Park Marriott 315 (96) 16 1989 Falls Church-VA

  9. District of Columbia statistical areas - Wikipedia

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    The United States District of Columbia ( Washington, D.C.) is the primary city of two statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DCVAMD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area and the more extensive Washington ...