Maryland's 5th congressional district

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Maryland's 5th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in Maryland that includes parts of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and Southern Maryland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
borders District of Columbia
contains Calvert County, Maryland
Charles County, Maryland
St. Mary's County, Maryland
parts of Anne Arundel County, Maryland
parts of Prince George's County, Maryland
country United States of America
createdBy United States Congress
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives
electsFrequency every two years
federalDistrictNumber 5
governmentType federal electoral district
hasCapitalCityNearby Washington, D.C.
hasCoastlineOn Chesapeake Bay
hasGovernmentBody Maryland's 5th congressional district self-linksurface differs
surface form: Office of the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 5th district
hasLevel federal
hasRepresentative Steny Hoyer
hasRuralAreas Southern Maryland
surface form: Southern Maryland peninsula
hasUrbanAreas inner and outer suburbs of Washington, D.C.
highestLevelOfRepresentation United States House of Representatives
includes rural areas of Southern Maryland
suburban communities of Washington, D.C.
isAffectedBy decennial redistricting in the United States
isNumberedDistrictOf Maryland's 5th congressional district self-linksurface differs
surface form: Maryland congressional districts
isPartOfRegion Mid-Atlantic states
surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States
isSubjectOf United States federal electoral districts
surface form: United States congressional district apportionment
jurisdiction federal law of the United States
language English
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives
locatedIn East Coast of the United States
Maryland
Southern Maryland
Washington metropolitan area
mapLabel MD-5
partOf United States House of Representatives
surface form: U.S. House of Representatives

Maryland congressional delegation
surface form: United States House delegation from Maryland
partyOfRepresentative Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
postalStateAbbreviation MD
representativeResidence Maryland
representedIn United States House of Representatives
state Maryland
subdivisionType congressional district
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
votingRights full voting member in the U.S. House of Representatives

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Oxon Hill, Maryland federalRepresentation Maryland's 5th congressional district
Carroll County, Maryland legislativeDistrict Maryland's 5th congressional district
this entity surface form: Maryland 5th congressional district
Maryland's 4th congressional district borderedBy Maryland's 5th congressional district
Berwyn hasFederalRepresentation Maryland's 5th congressional district
this entity surface form: U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland's 5th congressional district
Maryland's 5th congressional district isNumberedDistrictOf Maryland's 5th congressional district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Maryland congressional districts
Maryland's 5th congressional district hasGovernmentBody Maryland's 5th congressional district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Office of the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 5th district