Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. (pronooncit [ˈwɒʃɪŋtən ˌdiː ˈsiː]), formally the Destrict o Columbie an commonly referrt tae as Washington, or The Destrict, or simply D.C., is the caipital o the Unitit States o Americae, foondit on Julie 16, 1790. Article Ane o the Unitit States Constitution provides for a 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 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 American state o 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 million durin the wirkweek. The Washington Metropolitan Aurie, o whilk the Destrict is a pairt, haes a population o 5.4 million, the aicht-lairgest 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 foreign embassies as weel as the heidquarters o the 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 mayor an a 13-memmer 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, but nae senators. D.C. residents coud no vote in presidential elections till the ratification o the Twintie-third Amendment tae the Unitit States Constitution in 1961.
Sister ceeties
eeditWashington, D.C. haes ten offeecial sister ceety greements.[3] Paris is a "Pairtner Ceety" due tae the ane Sister Ceety policy o that commune.[4]
Ceety | Kintra | Year |
---|---|---|
Bangkok | Thailand | 1962, renewed 2002 |
Dakar | Senegal | 1980, renewed 2006 |
Beijing | Cheenae | 1984, renewed 2004 |
Brussels | Belgium | 1985, renewed 2002 |
Athens | Greece | 2000 |
Paris | Fraunce | 2000, renewed 2005 |
Pretoria | Sooth Africae | 2002, renewed 2008 |
Seoul | Sooth Korea | 2006 |
Accra | Ghana | 2006 |
Sunderland | Unitit Kinrick | 2006 |
Roum | Italy | 2011 |
Ankara | Turkey | 2011 |
Notes
eedit- ↑ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015" (CSV). U.S. Census Bureau. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 - United States -- Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico". United States Census Bureau. 2015. Archived frae the original on 21 Mey 2015. Retrieved 12 Januar 2016.
- ↑ "Protocol and International Affairs". DC Office of the Secretary. Archived frae the original on 13 Mey 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
- ↑ "Twinning with Rome". Ville de Paris. Archived frae the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 21 Februar 2010.
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- Guide tae Washington, D.C., materials frae the Library of Congress
- Washington, D.C. traivel guide frae Wikivoyage
- Geografic data relatit tae Washington, D.C. at OpenStreetMap
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