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2 days ago · The Washington metropolitan area covers nearly 4,000 square miles (10,360 square km) and encompasses 10 counties, 5 in Maryland (Montgomery, Prince George’s, Frederick, Charles, and Calvert) and 5 in Virginia (Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Stafford, and Prince William). Area District, 68 square miles (176 square km).
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1 day ago · Washington, District of Columbia: 689,545 601,723 +14.60%: 61.05 sq mi (158.1 km 2) 11,295/sq mi (4,361/km 2) Prince William County, Virginia: 482,204 402,002 +19.95%: 336 sq mi (870 km 2) 1,435/sq mi (554/km 2) Loudoun County, Virginia: 420,959 312,311 +34.79%: 516 sq mi (1,340 km 2) 816/sq mi (315/km 2) Frederick County, Maryland: 271,717 ...
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Currently live in Logan Circle in a sublet. Find the neighborhood crowd and it’s bars/restaurants to be incredibly boring, square and corporate. I am not really vibing with it and looking to move. I don’t know DC neighborhoods that well. What are the hip /hipster, young neighborhoods of DC that are fun?
May 7, 2024 · Washington D.C. is not a state, although it acts as one in many ways, and there have been movements to make it the 51 st state. 4. According to the Constitution, the capital should not exceed “10 miles square” (not 10 square miles, but a square that is 10 miles on each side). Washington, D.C., is 63.84 mi2 (177 km2), less than 10 miles square. 5.
4 days ago · The Washington Monument is a hollow Egyptian -style stone obelisk with a 500-foot-tall (152.4 m) column surmounted by a 55-foot-tall (16.8 m) pyramidion. Its walls are 15 feet (4.6 m) thick at its base and feet (0.46 m) thick at their top.
- 106.01 acres (42.90 ha)
- 555 ft (169 m)
- 1848–1854, 1879–1884
6 days ago · Why is Washington, DC not a square? The original plan for Washington, D.C. was to have it laid out in a square shape, but due to a compromise between the northern and southern states, the Virginia side of the district was returned to the state, resulting in D.C.’s current shape.
Apr 25, 2024 · Washington National Cathedral, in Washington, D.C., Episcopal cathedral chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1893 and established on Mount St. Alban (the highest point in the city) in 1907. Its cornerstone was laid by President Theodore Roosevelt.
