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Der District of Columbia oder Washington, D.C. [ ˈwɔʃɪŋtn̩] ist Bundesdistrikt, Regierungssitz und seit 1801 die Hauptstadt der Vereinigten Staaten. Der Distrikt ist kein Bundesstaat und ist keinem zugehörig. Er ist vielmehr dem Kongress der Vereinigten Staaten direkt unterstellt.
Washington, D.C. (also known as simply Washington or D.C., and officially as the District of Columbia) is the capital of the United States.It is a federal district.The President of the United States and many major national government offices are in the territory. This makes it the political center of the United States of America. Washington was named after the first U.S. President George ...
D.C. has long been noted for its large, though declining African-American population who form a plurality of the city's population. Notable African American neighborhoods include, Shaw, LeDroit Park, Sixteenth Street Heights and Anacostia, among others.
Washington, D.C., legally named the District of Columbia, in the United States of America, was founded on July 16, 1790, after the inauguration of City of Washington, the new capital of the country. The area given to District of Columbia, was originally 100 square miles (259 km 2) ceded by the states of Maryland and Virginia in accordance with ...
We're planning to host a DC-area meetup at the National Archives building in Washington, DC on January 22, 2011. The day-long event will feature a behind the scenes tour followed by talks with records management and conservation experts explaining how the records get into the archives.
Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States, after California. Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, is the state's highest elevation at 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), and is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous U.S.
Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017. The current neighborhood was the second in Washington to be called “Chinatown” since 1931.
