District of Columbia

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

Whitetail Resort → accessibleFrom → District of Columbia →
Fairmount Heights, Maryland → adjacentTo → District of Columbia →
113th Wing → allegiance → District of Columbia →
Federal Unemployment Tax Act → appliesIn → District of Columbia →
Title 50 of the United States Code → appliesIn → District of Columbia →
United States Code Title 29 → appliesIn → District of Columbia →
Homeland Security Bureau → appliesJurisdiction → District of Columbia →
Law of the District of Columbia → appliesTo → District of Columbia →
Militia Act of 1903 → appliesTo → District of Columbia →
Public Law 93-198 → appliesTo → District of Columbia →
Title 4 of the United States Code → appliesTo → District of Columbia →
Title 49 of the United States Code → appliesTo → District of Columbia →
Compromise of 1850 → appliesToJurisdiction → District of Columbia →
Home Rule Act of 1973 → appliesToJurisdiction → District of Columbia →
NPVIC → appliesToJurisdiction → District of Columbia →
DC Circulator bus system → areaServed → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "DC Circulator"
Harbor Patrol Unit → areaServed → District of Columbia →
Amy Coney Barrett → barAdmission → District of Columbia →
Brett M. Kavanaugh → barAdmission → District of Columbia →
Washington Post → basedIn → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "The Washington Post"
Maryland → borderedBy → District of Columbia →
City of Alexandria → borders → District of Columbia →
this entity surface form: "District of Columbia (across the Potomac River)"
Western Shore of Maryland → borders → District of Columbia →
Virginia → bordersDistrict → District of Columbia →
NBC Sports Washington → broadcastArea → District of Columbia →
United States residents → canResideIn → District of Columbia →
Washington Spirit → cityRegion → District of Columbia →
Long Bridge → connects → District of Columbia →
Rochambeau Bridge → connects → District of Columbia →
Silver Star (train) → connectsState → District of Columbia →
2010 United States census → countedResidentsOf → District of Columbia →
Atlantic Reporter → coversJurisdiction → District of Columbia →
First-Class Mail → deliveryArea → District of Columbia →
MARC Brunswick Line → district → District of Columbia →
Number One Observatory Circle → district → District of Columbia →
Nixon 1972 presidential campaign → districtLost → District of Columbia →
Waterfront station → fareZone → District of Columbia →
Bailey's Crossroads → federalDistrictNearby → District of Columbia →
1960 United States census → geographicCoverage → District of Columbia →
NATA → geographicCoverage → District of Columbia →
NHL → geographicCoverage → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "National Historic Landmark"
Public Law 86-449 → geographicScope → District of Columbia →
John A. Wilson Building → governmentJurisdiction → District of Columbia →
MWCOG → governsArea → District of Columbia →
Transportation Planning Board → governsArea → District of Columbia →
United States Capitol Complex → hasJurisdiction → District of Columbia →
United States National Guard → hasJurisdiction → District of Columbia →
United States South Atlantic states → hasMember → District of Columbia →
Chesapeake Bay Program → hasPartner → District of Columbia →
Metrobus → hasPrimaryStateServed → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)"
Northeastern United States → hasState → District of Columbia →
South Atlantic → hasState → District of Columbia →
MSA → includes → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Master Settlement Agreement"
Northeast megalopolis → includesDistrict → District of Columbia →
Eastern United States → includesFederalDistrict → District of Columbia →
South Atlantic → includesFederalDistrict → District of Columbia →
2000 United States census → includesPopulationOf → District of Columbia →
Southern United States → includesState → District of Columbia →
Code of the District of Columbia → isInForceIn → District of Columbia →
2009 Red Line collision → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
Bolling v. Sharpe → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
Criminal Investigations Division → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Criminal Investigations Division (MPD)"
District of Columbia Register → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
Domestic Violence Unit → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Domestic Violence Unit (Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia)"
Emergency Response Team → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
Events DC → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
Internal Affairs Bureau → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
Joint Operations Command Center → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
MPD → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia"
National Guard Bureau → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
Nebraska Avenue Complex → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
Patrol Services Bureau → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
Professional Development Bureau → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
Sexual Assault Unit → jurisdiction → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "United States Naval Observatory"
John A. Wilson → jurisdictionGoverned → District of Columbia →
Silver Line → locale → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Silver Line (Washington Metro)"
Washington Metro Green Line → locale → District of Columbia →
Alexandria County → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Anacostia Community Museum → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Buzzard Point, Washington, D.C. → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Capitol Hill → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park"
subject surface form: "Columbia Institution for the Deaf"
Dupont Circle Fountain → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
East Potomac Park → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Federal Reserve Board governors → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
First Street NW → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Frances Perkins Building → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
GPO → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Georgetown Historic District → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Government Printing Office → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Homeland Security Bureau → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Independence Avenue → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Interstate 66 → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Investigative Services Bureau → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Kalorama Park → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Kogod School of Business → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Louisiana Avenue NW vicinity → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Main Interior Building → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
MedStar Health Performance Center → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
NASA Headquarters → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
NRL → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Nassif Building → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
National Capital Parks-East sites → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "National Capital Parks-East"
National Mall → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
National Postal Museum → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
National World War I Memorial → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
National Zoo → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Naval Research Laboratory → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
North Capitol Street → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Northeast Washington, D.C. → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
One First Street NE, Washington, D.C. → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Palisades → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Potomac Center North → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Potomac River tunnel → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Renwick Gallery → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Senate wing → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Sidwell Friends School → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Southeast Washington, D.C. → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
The Phillips Collection → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
The Washington Times-Herald → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
USTR → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
United States Secretary of Energy → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
VA Central Office → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Ward 1 of Washington, D.C. → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Washington Channel (adjacent area) → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
West Wing of the White House → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Youth and Family Services Division → locatedIn → District of Columbia →
Dupont Circle → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Foggy Bottom"
Logan Circle → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → District of Columbia →
P Street NW → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → District of Columbia →
Dupont Circle station → locatedInBorough → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Lanier Heights"
East Room → locatedInDistrict → District of Columbia →
Wexner Learning Center → locatedInState → District of Columbia →
18F → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia →
BLS → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia →
BEA → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Bureau of Economic Analysis"
EUR → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs"
BTS → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Bureau of Transportation Statistics"
DNI → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Director of National Intelligence"
NEA → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "United States Agency for International Development"
subject surface form: "United States Commission on Civil Rights"
subject surface form: "United States International Trade Commission"
WHA → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia →
WRB → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "War Refugee Board"
Chesapeake campaign → location → District of Columbia →
Historical Records Survey → location → District of Columbia →
L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. → location → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Bolling v. Sharpe"
Corrigan v. Buckley → locationOfOrigin → District of Columbia →
Southeast → memberTeamLocationRegion → District of Columbia →
Arlington Heights → nearBorderWith → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Washington, D.C."
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway → operatedInState → District of Columbia →
MARC → operatesIn → District of Columbia →
National Park Service → operatesIn → District of Columbia →
Veterans Health Administration → operatesIn → District of Columbia →
MPD → operatesInAdministrativeTerritory → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia"
NS → operatesInState → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Norfolk Southern Railway"
MARC Train → operatingArea → District of Columbia →
Washington v. Davis → originatingJurisdiction → District of Columbia →
RFK Stadium → owner → District of Columbia →
Adams Morgan → partOf → District of Columbia →
Alexandria County → partOf → District of Columbia →
this entity surface form: "District of Columbia (prior to retrocession)"
Chinatown → partOf → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Chinatown (Washington, D.C.)"
Columbia Heights → partOf → District of Columbia →
Georgetown → partOf → District of Columbia →
Glover Park → partOf → District of Columbia →
Kalorama → partOf → District of Columbia →
Kalorama neighborhood → partOf → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Kalorama"
Lanier Heights neighborhood → partOf → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Lanier Heights"
Mount Pleasant neighborhood → partOf → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Mount Pleasant"
Shaw → partOf → District of Columbia →
Sheridan-Kalorama → partOf → District of Columbia →
Tenleytown → partOf → District of Columbia →
Washington County → partOf → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Washington County (District of Columbia)"
Woodley Park → partOf → District of Columbia →
Interstate 395 → passesThrough → District of Columbia →
Northeast Corridor → passesThrough → District of Columbia →
Interstate 95 → passesThroughState → District of Columbia →
Brunswick Line → primaryLocale → District of Columbia →
Master Settlement Agreement → primaryParties → District of Columbia →
Congress Heights station → region → District of Columbia →
Eastern Market → region → District of Columbia →
Entertainment and Sports Arena → region → District of Columbia →
Jackson Graham Building → region → District of Columbia →
L’Enfant Plaza → region → District of Columbia →
Millennium Stage → region → District of Columbia →
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C. → region → District of Columbia →
School of Nursing → region → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "School of Nursing at Georgetown University"
School of Public Affairs → region → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "School of Public Affairs (American University)"
Shaw–Howard University station → region → District of Columbia →
Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building → region → District of Columbia →
The Dupont Circle Building → region → District of Columbia →
The Phone Booth → region → District of Columbia →
William Marbury → regionOfActivity → District of Columbia →
14th Street Bridge complex → regionServed → District of Columbia →
SmarTrip → regionServed → District of Columbia →
The U.S. Conference of Mayors → represents → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "United States Conference of Mayors"
Maryland Area Regional Commuter → serves → District of Columbia →
Metrobus → serves → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)"
Metro → serves → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Washington Metro"
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond → servesArea → District of Columbia →
Orange Line (Washington Metro) → servesCounty → District of Columbia →
Metrorail → servesRegion → District of Columbia →
Silver Star → servesRegion → District of Columbia →
Amtrak Silver Service → servesState → District of Columbia →
KBWI → servesState → District of Columbia →
Orange Line → servesState → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Orange Line (Washington Metro)"
Vermonter (train) → servesState → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Vermonter"
Runway 15/33 → servesStateOrDistrict → District of Columbia →
Runway 4/22 → servesStateOrDistrict → District of Columbia →
Air Support Unit → serviceArea → District of Columbia →
MetroAccess → serviceArea → District of Columbia →
NLS → serviceArea → District of Columbia →
Special Operations Division → serviceArea → District of Columbia →
subject surface form: "Special Operations Division (Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia)"
Salvadoran American → significantPopulationIn → District of Columbia →
Mid-Atlantic states → sometimesIncludes → District of Columbia →
101st United States Congress → state → District of Columbia →
Adams Building → state → District of Columbia →
Admiral's House → state → District of Columbia →
American University → state → District of Columbia →
Brewmaster’s Castle → state → District of Columbia →
Elliott School of International Affairs → state → District of Columbia →
Embassy of Cyprus in Washington, D.C. → state → District of Columbia →
Embassy of Malta in Washington, D.C. → state → District of Columbia →
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