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

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T32828 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: District of Columbia
Context triple: [One First Street NE, Washington, D.C., locatedIn, District of Columbia]

A. Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
B. Washington
Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest known for its diverse landscapes, technology industry centered around Seattle, and significant cultural and economic influence on the West Coast.
C. Maryland
Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
D. Government of the District of Columbia
The Government of the District of Columbia is the municipal administration responsible for governing Washington, D.C., providing local services and implementing laws for the U.S. capital.
E. Rhode Island
Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area, located in New England on the Atlantic coast and known for its colonial history and maritime heritage.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: District of Columbia
Target entity description: 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.

A. Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
B. Washington
Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest known for its diverse landscapes, technology industry centered around Seattle, and significant cultural and economic influence on the West Coast.
C. Maryland
Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
D. Government of the District of Columbia
The Government of the District of Columbia is the municipal administration responsible for governing Washington, D.C., providing local services and implementing laws for the U.S. capital.
E. Rhode Island
Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area, located in New England on the Atlantic coast and known for its colonial history and maritime heritage.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1,130)

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

United States Social Security system → geographicCoverage → District of Columbia ⓘ

Corporation for National and Community Service → operatesIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Bureau of Labor Statistics → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

National Academy of Sciences Building → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Northeastern United States → hasState → District of Columbia ⓘ

Compromise of 1850 → appliesToJurisdiction → District of Columbia ⓘ

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Office of Management and Budget → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Office of Air and Radiation → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Democratic National Committee headquarters → hasAddressState → District of Columbia ⓘ

Runway 15/33 → servesStateOrDistrict → District of Columbia ⓘ

National Telecommunications and Information Administration → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Government Accountability Office → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Millennium Stage → region → District of Columbia ⓘ

Washington Metrorail Safety Commission → appliesToJurisdiction → District of Columbia ⓘ

American University → state → District of Columbia ⓘ

Minority Business Development Agency → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

National Economic Council → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Bolling v. Sharpe → jurisdiction → District of Columbia ⓘ

Bailey's Crossroads → federalDistrictNearby → District of Columbia ⓘ

NHL → geographicCoverage → District of Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: National Historic Landmark

Surface Transportation Board → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Cardinal → viaState → District of Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Cardinal (train)

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments → hasMember → District of Columbia ⓘ

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments → appliesToJurisdiction → District of Columbia ⓘ

Administrative Office of the United States Courts → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Orange Line → servesState → District of Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Orange Line (Washington Metro)

Defense Intelligence Agency → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Office of Justice Programs → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Main Interior Building → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Washington Post → basedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: The Washington Post

Silver Line → locale → District of Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Silver Line (Washington Metro)

Bureau of Consular Affairs → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Office of War Mobilization → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

William Marbury → regionOfActivity → District of Columbia ⓘ

The Dupont Circle Building → region → District of Columbia ⓘ

Association of Public and Land-grant Universities → basedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

First-Class Mail → deliveryArea → District of Columbia ⓘ

International Trade Administration → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Eastern Market → region → District of Columbia ⓘ

Herbert C. Hoover Building → state → District of Columbia ⓘ

Chesapeake Bay → watershedStates → District of Columbia ⓘ

White House Office of the Curator → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

NRL → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Code Title 29 → appliesIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

2008 United States presidential election → tookPlaceIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

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