Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.
Federal destrict
Destrict o Columbia
Tap left: Healy Haw at Georgetoun Varsity; tap richt: U.S. Capitol; 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°W / 38.895111; -77.036667Coordinates: 38°53′42.4″N 77°02′12.0″W / 38.895111°N 77.036667°W / 38.895111; -77.036667
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)[1][2]
• Federal destrict	672,228
• Rank	22nt, U.S. as o 2014[update] 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. (pronounced /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən ˌdiːˈsiː/ ^{(deprecatit template)}), formally the Destrict o Columbie an commonly referred tae as Washington, the Destrict, or simply D.C., is the caipital o the Unitit States, 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 U.S. 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.

1. ↑ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015" (CSV). U.S. Census Bureau. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
2. ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 - United States -- Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico". United States Census Bureau. 2015. Archived frae the original on 21 Mey 2015. Retrieved 12 Januar 2016.