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District of Columbia (national district) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 38 50 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.8333 decimal degrees |
Long: 077 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -77.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Federal district coextensive with city of Washington; US was first nation to plan a capital exclusively for seat of government; originally was a 10-mile square in Maryland & Virginia, on both banks of Potomac river; Virginia reclaimed its land in 1846. |
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District of Columbia (preferred,C,V,O,English)
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DC (C,V,display,USPS)
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Washington, D.C. (C,U,English)
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Washington, D.C. (German)
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D.C. Washington (C,U)
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워싱턴 DC (C,U,Korean)
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ワシントン D.C. (C,U,Japanese)
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워싱턴 D.C. (C,U,Korean)
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District de Columbia (C,U,French)
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Distrito de Columbia (C,U,Spanish)
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Kolumbijos apygarda (C,U,Lithuanian)
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Washington D.C. (C,U,Spanish)
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Washington DC (C,U)
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ワシントン・コロンビア特別区 (C,U,Japanese)
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Округ Колумбия (C,U,Russian)
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컬럼비아 특별구 (C,U,Korean)
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national district (preferred, C) |
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authorized by US Constitution, site selected by George Washington in 1791; has had current boundaries since 1846 |
first level subdivision (C) |
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