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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Washington, D.C.
|official_name = Destrict o Columbia
|settlement_type = [[Federal destrict]]
|motto = ''Justitia Omnibus''{{spaces|2}}(Juistice for Aw)
|image_skyline = DCmontage4.jpg
|image_caption = Tap left: [[Healy Haw]] at [[Georgetoun Varsity]]; tap richt: [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]]; mids: [[Washington Monument]]; bottom left: [[Frederick Douglass Naitional Historic Site]]; bottom richt: [[African American Ceevil War Memorial]]
|image_flag = Flag of Washington, D.C.svg
|image_seal = Seal of the District of Columbia.svg
|image_map = Washington,_D.C._locator_map.svg
|mapsize = 250px
|map_caption = Location o Washington, D.C., in the Unitit States an in relation tae the states o [[Maryland]] an [[Virginie]].
|subdivision_type = Kintra
|subdivision_name = Unitit States
|subdivision_type1 = [[Federal destrict]]
|subdivision_name1 = Destrict o Columbie
|established_title = [[Residence Act|Appruivit]]
|established_date = 16 Julie 1790
|established_title1 = [[Destrict o Columbie Organic Act o 1801|Organisit]]
|established_date1 = 1801
|established_title2 = [[Destrict o Columbie Organic Act o 1871|Consolidatit]]
|established_date2 = 1871
|established_title3 = [[Destrict oe Columbie Hame Rule Act|Grantit limitit sel-govrenment]]
|established_date3 = 1973
|leader_title = [[Mayor o the Destrict o Columbie|Mayor]]
|leader_title1 = [[Cooncil o the Destrict o Columbie|D.C. Council]]
|leader_name = [[Muriel Bowser]]&nbsp;([[Democratic Pairty (Unitit States)|D]])
|leader_name1 = [[Phil Mendelson]]&nbsp;(D), Convener
|established = Foondit
|named_for = [[George Washington]]
|area_magnitude = 1 E8
|area_total_km2 = 177.0
|area_total_sq_mi = 68.3
|area_land_km2 = 159.0
|area_land_sq_mi = 61.4
|area_water_km2 = 18.0
|area_water_sq_mi = 6.9
|population_as_of         = 2015 estimate
|population_total         = 672,228
|population_rank          = [[Leet o Unitit States ceeties bi population|22nt, U.S.]] {{As of|2014|lc=y}} incorporatit places estimate
|population_metro         = 6,033,737 ([[Leet o Metropolitan Statistical Auries|7t, U.S.]])
|population_blank1_title  = [[Unitit States combined stateestical aurie|CSA]]
|population_blank1        = 9,546,579 ([[Combined Stateestical Aurie|4t, U.S.]])
|population_blank2_title  = [[Demonym]]
|population_blank2        = Washingtonian
|population_footnotes     = <ref name=PopEstUS>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2015/tables/NST-EST2015-01.csv|format=CSV|title=Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015|date=December 22, 2015|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=December 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name=MetroPop>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 - United States -- Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico |accessdate=January 12, 2016 |year=2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |archive-date=2015-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521091454/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|population_density_sq_mi = 11,011
|timezone = [[Eastren Staundart Time|EST]]
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = [[Eastren Daylicht Time|EDT]]
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code|ZIP code(s)]]
|postal_code              = 20001-20098, 20201-20599
|area_code                = [[Aurie code 202|202]]
|coordinates              = {{coord|38|53|42.4|N|77|02|12.0|W|region:US-DC|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_ft = 0–409
|elevation_m = 0–125
|website = [http://www.dc.gov/ www.dc.gov]
}}
'''Washington, D.C.''' ({{pron-en|ˈwɒʃɪŋtən ˌdiːˈsiː}}), 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 [[Caipital destricts an territories|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 [[Destrict o Columbie Organic Act o 1871|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 (U.S. state)|Washington]] locatit on the kintra's Paceefic coast.

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&nbsp;million durin the wirkweek. The [[Washington Metropolitan Aurie]], o whilk the Destrict is a pairt, haes a population o 5.4&nbsp;million, the [[Table o Unitit States Metropolitan Statistical Auries|aicht-lairgest]] [[Unitit States metropolitan aurie|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 [[Leet o diplomatic missions in the Unitit States|foreign embassies]] as weel as the heidquarters o the [[Warld Bank Group|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 [[Leet o mayors o Washington, D.C.|mayor]] an a 13-memmer [[Cooncil o the Destrict o Columbie|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 (Unitit States Congress)|delegate]], but nae senators. D.C. residents coud no vote in [[Unitit States presidential election|presidential elections]] till the ratification o the [[Twintie-third Amendment tae the Unitit States Constitution]] in 1961.

== Sister ceeties ==
Washington, D.C. haes ten offeecial [[sister ceeties|sister ceety]] greements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://os.dc.gov/os/cwp/view,a,1206,q,522336.asp|title=Protocol and International Affairs|publisher=DC Office of the Secretary|accessdate=2008-12-09|archive-date=2008-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513185356/http://os.dc.gov/os/cwp/view%2Ca%2C1206%2Cq%2C522336.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Paris is a "Pairtner Ceety" due tae the ane Sister Ceety policy o that [[Communes o Fraunce|commune]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paris.fr/portail/english/Portal.lut?page_id=8139&document_type_id=5&document_id=29903&portlet_id=18784|title=Twinning with Rome|publisher=Ville de Paris|accessdate=2010-02-21|archive-date=2012-09-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905235843/http://www.paris.fr/portail/english/Portal.lut?page_id=8139&document_type_id=5&document_id=29903&portlet_id=18784|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:100%; background:#FFFFEF; float:left;"
|-
! Ceety
! Kintra
! Year
|-
| [[Bangkok]]
| {{flagicon|Thailand}} Thailand
| 1962, renewed 2002
|-
| [[Dakar]]
| {{flagicon|Senegal}} Senegal
| 1980, renewed 2006
|-
| [[Beijing]]
| {{flagicon|China}} Cheenae
| 1984, renewed 2004
|-
| [[Brussels]]
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium
| 1985, renewed 2002
|-
| [[Athens]]
| {{flagicon|Greece}} Greece
| 2000
|-
| [[Paris]]
| {{flagicon|France}} Fraunce
| 2000, renewed 2005
|-
| [[Pretoria]]
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} Sooth Africae
| 2002, renewed 2008
|-
| [[Seoul]]
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Sooth Korea
| 2006
|-
| [[Accra]]
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
| 2006
|-
| [[Sunderland]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} Unitit Kinrick
| 2006
|-
| [[Roum]]
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Italy
| 2011
|-
| [[Ankara]]
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey
| 2011
|}

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== Notes ==
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== Freemit airtins ==
{{Commonscat}}
* {{official|http://www.dc.gov/}}
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/states/dc/home.html Guide tae Washington, D.C.], materials frae the [[Library of Congress]]
* [[wikivoyage:Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C. traivel guide]] frae Wikivoyage
* {{osmrelation-inline|162069}}

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