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The District of
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"Our Nation's Capital"
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Zip
Codes
20004, 20011,
20012, 20014, 20016, 20019, 20020
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Official
Bird: Wood
Thrush
Official
Flower: American
Beauty Rose
Official
Tree: The Scarlet Oak
Official
Motto: Justitia
Omnibus (Justice to all)
Size: 68.2
square miles
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Population:
The population
of Washington, D. C. was:
1997 - 554,000
2000 -
572,059
2006 - 581,530
2014 - 658,900
Population
Density:
2000 - 9,479
2014 - 9,660 people per square mile
Median resident
age:
2000 - 34.6 years
Highest Point:
Tenleytown
Time Zone:
Eastern
Median household
income:
2000 - $40,127
2005 - $47,221
Median house
value:
2000 - $157,200 (estimated)
2005 - $384,400
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Location
on the United State
Atlantic Coast on the Potomac River surrounded by the states of
Maryland and
Virginia
Other nearby communities include Mount
Rainier, Brentwood,
Chillum,
Cottage
City, Takoma
Park, North
Brentwood, Colmar
Manor, Bethesda
and Hyattsville,
all in Maryland
and Arlington
in Virginia
Latitude:
38.90
Longitude: 77.05
Elevation: 18 feet
above sea level
Land area: 61.4
square miles
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Climate
& Weather
Average
Temperature:
Winter - 37 degrees F.
Spring - 56
degrees F.
Summer - 77 degrees F.
Fall - 60 degrees F.
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History
& History Related Items
Founded:
1790
Washington, D.C.
was designed by Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant around 1791. It
was the first American city planned for a specific purpose. It
was designed to be a beautiful city with wide streets and many
trees. The city's business is centered around the government.
Another name for Washington, D.C. is the District of Columbia.
The district was originally a 10 miles square crossing the
Potomac River into Virginia. Both Virginia and Maryland donated
part of their land for the capital district. The Virginia
portion of D.C. was later ceded back to Virginia.
Washington
as it Was!
Photographs by Theodor Horydczak
(1923-1959)
Spanning from the mid 1920s through the 1950s,
the Theodor Horydczak collection (about 14,350 photographs
online) documents the architecture and social life of the
Washington metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s,
including exteriors and interiors of commercial, residential,
and government buildings, as well as street scenes and views of
neighborhoods. A number of Washington events and activities,
such as the 1932 Bonus Army encampment, the 1933 World Series,
and World War II preparedness campaigns, are also depicted.
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Attractions
A great site to
learn about the White
House
A White House
site from the National Park Service
1600 Pennsylvania
Ave. - open for self-guided tours Tuesdays through Saturday.
More info is available at the nps website. Up-to-date
information is available at: 202-456-7041
The
White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson
Place NW
Washington, D. C. 20503
Phone: 202-737-8292
Fax:
202-789-0440
Visitor's
Information Center for Washington, D.C.
The official
tourism website of DC
the
Smithsonian Institute
For
more information about the Smithsonian, write or
call:
Smithsonian Information
SI Building, Room
153
Washington, DC 20560-0010
Phone: 202-357-2700
TTY:
202-357-1729
the
National Zoo
3000 Block of Connecticut Avenue,
NW
Washington, DC
National
Parks Website
National
Museum of Natural History
at the Smithsonian
Phone:
202-786-2950
See the best dinosaur display in the world
here!
Environmental
Film Festival
For many years, the
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital has been
held in Washington DC. Offering documentary, animated, feature,
experimental, archival and children's films, most events include
discussion and almost all are free.
Ford
Theatre Museum
Call ahead for hours and for times the
museum is open: 202-426-6924
The theatre where President
Abraham Lincoln was shot. At the museum you may see the
derringer pistol which John Wilkes Booth used to kill Lincoln.
The clothes Lincoln wore that fateful night and the ropes used
to hand the conspirators are also on display. Across the street
is the Peterson House where you may see the blood-stained pillow
Lincoln used. After the 1865 assassination of Lincoln at the
theatre, another tragedy occurred. In 1893 all three floors
collapsed killed 22 workers. (website temporarily unavailable
1-02)
Union
Station Online
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Government
the
Washington, D.C. City page
The Supreme
Court is online! You can access opinions, the docket, a
photo gallery and historical court information at this
site.
Government of the
District of Columbia
441 4th Street, NW
Washington,
DC 20001
City-Wide Call Center: (202) 727-1000
Directory
of Government Agencies in the District of Columbia.
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Chamber
of Commerce
Chamber
of Commerce for Washington, D.C.
1213 K Street
NW
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: (202) 347-7201
Fax:
(202) 347-3538
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