District of Columbia

E40990

U.S. capital district federal capital territory federal district

The District of Columbia is the federal district of the United States that contains the nation’s capital city, Washington, D.C., and serves as the seat of the U.S. federal government.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
District of Columbia canonical	1,122
District of Columbia (across the Potomac River)	1
District of Columbia (as federal property context)	1
District of Columbia (full name string)	1
District of Columbia (prior to retrocession)	1
District of Columbia (with special rules)	1
District of Columbia Area	1
District of Washington	1
the District of Columbia	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. capital district ⓘ federal capital territory ⓘ federal district ⓘ
areaKm2	177 ⓘ
areaSqMi	68.3 ⓘ
borders	Maryland ⓘ Potomac River ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
capital	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
contains	Lincoln Memorial ⓘ National Archives Building ⓘ National Mall ⓘ Pentagon ⓘ surface form: Pentagon Reservation vicinity Smithsonian Institution ⓘ surface form: Smithsonian Institution museums United States Capitol ⓘ Washington Monument ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ White House ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currency	US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar
dateEstablished	1790-07-16 ⓘ
electoralVotesGrantedBy	Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
establishedBy	Residence Act ⓘ
federalDistrictSince	1801 ⓘ
FIPSCode	11 ⓘ
governingDocument	District of Columbia Home Rule Act ⓘ
hasCouncil	Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasElectoralVotes	3 ⓘ
hasMayor	Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasMotto	Justitia Omnibus ⓘ
hasMottoInEnglish	Justice for All ⓘ
ISOCode	US-DC ⓘ
largestCity	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
licensePlateSlogan	Taxation Without Representation ⓘ
locatedIn	East Coast of the United States ⓘ Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic region of the United States
namedAfter	Christopher Columbus ⓘ
nonVotingRepresentativeIn	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
observes	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Eastern Daylight Time Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Eastern Standard Time
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	United States federal district system ⓘ
population	approximately 700000 ⓘ
populationAsOf	2020 ⓘ
postalAbbreviation	DC ⓘ
seatOf	President of the United States ⓘ Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ federal government of the United States ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (1,130)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

One First Street NE, Washington, D.C. → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Maryland → borderedBy → District of Columbia ⓘ

Dupont Circle → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → District of Columbia ⓘ

Interstate 395 → passesThrough → District of Columbia ⓘ

Interstate 395 → state → District of Columbia ⓘ

Social Security Board → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Title 50 of the United States Code → appliesIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

DNI → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Director of National Intelligence

Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

National Register of Historic Places → geographicCoverage → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Holocaust Memorial Council → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Family Theater → state → District of Columbia ⓘ

Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Union Station Redevelopment Corporation → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority → jurisdiction → District of Columbia ⓘ

Metro → serves → District of Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Metro

Federal Housing Administration → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Department of Labor → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Department of the Interior → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Historical Records Survey → location → District of Columbia ⓘ

Capitol Hill → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Interstate 66 → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

14th Street Bridge complex → regionServed → District of Columbia ⓘ

District Department of Transportation → jurisdiction → District of Columbia ⓘ

District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 → appliesToJurisdiction → District of Columbia ⓘ

John A. Wilson Building → governmentJurisdiction → District of Columbia ⓘ

U.S. Department of Energy → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Nassif Building → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Agency for International Development (in coordination) → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Agency for International Development

contiguous United States → includesAdministrativeTerritory → District of Columbia ⓘ

Naval Research Laboratory → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

National Park Service → operatesIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Wexner Learning Center → locatedInState → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Copyright Office → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Congressional Research Service → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled → serviceArea → District of Columbia ⓘ

MARC Train → operatingArea → District of Columbia ⓘ

Northeast Corridor → passesThrough → District of Columbia ⓘ

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority → serves → District of Columbia ⓘ

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority → compactParties → District of Columbia ⓘ

National Mall → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe → state → District of Columbia ⓘ

The Arts of War → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

National Popular Vote Interstate Compact → memberType → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Secretary of Energy → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Senate wing → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Department of Agriculture → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ