Washington D.C. (Washington) , Washington, D.C.

Washington D.C.: Capital city of the United States

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Geography

Washington is located at 38°53'42"N 77°2'11"W (38.8951100, -77.0363700). It has 7 neighbors: Bethesda, Montgomery County, Prince George s County, Silver Spring, Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax County.

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Washington Quick Facts

Population :	712,816
Country :	United States of America
State :	Washington, D.C. (United States)
Different from :	District of Columbia
Head of government :	Mayor of the District of Columbia
Postal code :	20201–20599, 20001–20098
Phone Area Codes :	202
Official name :	Washington, District of Columbia
Water as percent of area :	10.67%
Land as percent of area :	89.33%
Continent :	North America
Northernmost point :	Point(-77.041 38.9955)
IATA airport code :	WAS
Named for :	Christopher Columbus, George Washington
Capital city :	Washington is capital of United States of America
Establishment :	July 07, 1790 (231 years ago)
Time Zone :	UTC−04:00, UTC−05:00, America/New_York, Eastern Time Zone
Local time :	17:37:51 (26th October 2021)

Adrian Fenty , 6 2 January, 2011 2007-01-02T00:00:00Z 2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election Democratic Party
Walter Washington , 1 2 January, 1979 1975-01-02T00:00:00Z 1974 Washington, D.C. mayoral election Democratic Party
Marion Barry , 2 2 January, 1991 1979-01-02T00:00:00Z 1986 Washington, D.C. mayoral election 1982 Washington, D.C. mayoral election 1978 Washington, D.C. mayoral election Democratic Party
Muriel Bowser , 8 2015-01-02T00:00:00Z 2018 Washington, D.C. mayoral election 2014 Washington, D.C. mayoral election Democratic Party
Marion Barry , 4 2 January, 1999 1995-01-02T00:00:00Z 1994 Washington, D.C. mayoral election Democratic Party
Vincent C. Gray , 7 2 January, 2015 2011-01-02T00:00:00Z 2010 Washington, D.C. mayoral election Democratic Party
Anthony A. Williams , 5 2 January, 2007 1999-01-02T00:00:00Z 1998 Washington, D.C. mayoral election 2002 Washington, D.C. mayoral election Democratic Party
Sharon Pratt Kelly , 1991-01-02T00:00:00Z 1990 Washington, D.C. mayoral election Democratic Party 3 2 January, 1995

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Washington has 7 neighbours.

Bethesda unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Montgomery County county in Maryland, United States
Prince George's County county in Maryland, United States
Silver Spring community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Arlington county in Virginia, United States; suburb of Washington, D.C.
Alexandria independent city in Virginia, United States
Fairfax County county in Virginia, United States

Demographics

Year	Population	% Change	Method
1800	8,144	-	estimation process
1810	15,471	47.36%	estimation process
1820	23,336	33.7%	estimation process
1830	30,261	22.88%	census
1840	33,745	10.32%	census
1850	51,687	34.71%	estimation process
1860	75,080	31.16%	estimation process
1870	131,700	42.99%	estimation process
1880	177,624	25.85%	census
1890	230,392	22.9%	census
1900	278,718	17.34%	census
1908	321,000	13.17%	census
1910	331,069	3.04%	census
1918	418,000	20.8%	census
1920	437,571	4.47%	census
1930	486,869	10.13%	census
1940	663,091	26.58%	1940 United States Census
1950	802,178	17.34%	census
1960	763,956	-5%	census
1970	756,510	-0.98%	census
1980	638,333	-18.51%	census
1990	606,900	-5.18%	census
2000	572,059	-6.09%	census
2010	601,723	4.93%	census
2011	619,800	2.92%	estimation process
2012	634,924	2.38%	estimation process
2013	650,581	2.41%	estimation process
2014	662,328	1.77%	estimation process
2015	675,400	1.94%	estimation process
2016	685,815	1.52%	estimation process
2017	694,906	1.31%	estimation process
2018	701,547	0.95%	estimation process
2019	705,749	0.6%	estimation process
2020	712,816	0.99%	estimation process

Washington zip code is 20001. County name: District of Columbia, County fips: 11001

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Local Places in Washington

1 United States Capitol

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2 THEARC: Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus

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3 The John Wilson Building

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4 District of Columbia Court

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5 Council-District of Columbia

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6 D C Government

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7 Prince Hall Masonic Temple

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People born in Washington (200)

People born in Washington, including philosopher Tim Maudlin, diplomat Charles W. Freeman, computer scientist Butler Lampson, you can see a list of people who born in Washington.

William Warren Tunnicliffe (Canadian computer pioneer) he was born in 22/04/1922
Maynard Olson (American scientist) he was born in 02/10/1943
Alonzo Church (American mathematician) he was born in 14/06/1903
Eric Schmidt (software engineer, businessman, former Google CEO) he was born in 27/04/1955
John Vlissides (American Software scientist) he was born in 02/08/1961
Dan Ingalls (American computer scientist) he was born in 01/01/1944
Ron Jeffries (American computer scientist) he was born in 26/12/1939
David S. Johnson (American computer scientist) he was born in 09/12/1945
Jack Edmonds (Canadian mathematician and computer scientist) he was born in 05/04/1934
Arleen Sorkin (American actress) she was born in 14/10/1955
William Hurt (American actor and filmmaker) he was born in 20/03/1950
Adam Riess (American Nobel laureate) he was born in 16/12/1969
Norman Foster Ramsey (American physicist) he was born in 27/08/1915
Christopher A. Sims (American time-series statistician and econometrician, developer of vector auto-regressive models, Bayesian statistician, President of the Econometric Society, 2011 winner of the Nobel Prize) he was born in 21/10/1942
Dominique Caillat (writer) she was born in 01/01/1956
Andy Razaf (Malagasy-American poet, composer and lyricist) he was born in 16/12/1895
Martin O'Malley (American politician) he was born in 18/01/1963
Markus Dröge (German bishop) he was born in 16/10/1954