Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
	Federal destrict
	Destrict o Columbia
	Tap left: Healy Haw at Georgetoun Varsity; tap richt: Unitit States Caipitol; mids: Washington Monument; bottom left: Frederick Douglass Naitional Historic Site; bottom richt: African American Ceevil War Memorial
	Banner Seal
	Motto(s): Justitia Omnibus (Juistice for Aw)
	Location o Washington, D.C., in the Unitit States an in relation tae the states o Maryland an Virginie.
	Coordinates: 38°53′42.4″N 77°02′12.0″W / 38.895111°N 77.036667°WCoordinates: 38°53′42.4″N 77°02′12.0″W / 38.895111°N 77.036667°W
Kintra	Unitit States
Federal destrict	Destrict o Columbie
Appruivit	16 Julie 1790
Organisit	1801
Consolidatit	1871
Grantit limitit sel-govrenment	1973
Named for	George Washington
Govrenment
• Mayor	Muriel Bowser (D)
• D.C. Council	Phil Mendelson (D), Convener
Area
• Federal destrict	177.0 km2 (68.3 sq mi)
• Laund	159.0 km2 (61.4 sq mi)
• Water	18.0 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Elevation	0–125 m (0–409 ft)
Population (2015 estimate)
• Federal destrict	672,228
• Rank	22nt, U.S. as o 2014 incorporatit places estimate
• Density	4,251/km2 (11,011/sq mi)
• Metro	6,033,737 (7t U.S.)
• CSA	9546579 (4t U.S.)
• Demonym	Washingtonian
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	20001-20098, 20201-20599
Area code(s)	202
Website	www.dc.gov

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

Washington, 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