The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to District of Columbia:

Washington, D.C., legally named the District of Columbia, in the United States of America, was founded on July 16, 1790, after the inauguration of City of Washington, the new capital of the country. The area given to District of Columbia, was originally 100 square miles (259 km2) ceded by the states of Maryland and Virginia in accordance with the Residence Act; however, in 1846, the retrocession of the District of Columbia, meant that the area of 31 square miles (80 km2) which was ceded by Virginia was returned,[1] leaving 69 square miles (179 km2) of territory originally ceded by Maryland as the current area of the District in its entirety.[2]

The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity. It is for this reason that everything within its boundaries is legally the District of Columbia.

General reference

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Geography of Washington, D.C.

Geographic features of Washington, D.C.

Places in Washington, D.C.

Environment of Washington, D.C.

Subdivisions of Washington, D.C.

Quadrants of Washington, D.C.

Neighborhoods of Washington, D.C.

The District of Columbia is divided into eight wards and 37 Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) within these wards.

Ward 1

Adams Morgan Columbia Heights Kalorama LeDroit Park Mount Pleasant Park View Pleasant Plains Shaw 

Ward 2

Burleith Downtown Dupont Circle Foggy Bottom Georgetown Sheridan Kalorama Logan Circle Mount Vernon Square Shaw West End 

Ward 3

American University Park Berkley Cathedral Heights Chevy Chase Cleveland Park Colony Hill Forest Hills Foxhall Friendship Heights Glover Park Kent Massachusetts Heights McLean Gardens North Cleveland Park Observatory Circle The Palisades Potomac Heights Spring Valley Tenleytown Wakefield Wesley Heights Woodland-Normanstone Terrace Woodley Park  (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 1)

Ward 4
DC neighborhoods map

Barnaby Woods Brightwood Brightwood Park Chevy Chase  (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 3) • Colonial Village Crestwood Fort Totten Hawthorne Manor Park Petworth Riggs Park Lamond-Riggs Shepherd Park Sixteenth Street Heights Takoma 

Ward 5

Arboretum Bloomingdale Brentwood Brookland Carver Langston Eckington Edgewood Fort Lincoln Fort Totten  (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 4) • Gateway Ivy City Riggs Park  (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 4) • Langdon Michigan Park North Michigan Park Pleasant Hill Stronghold/Metropolis View Trinidad Truxton Circle Woodridge 

Ward 6

Barney Circle Capitol Hill Chinatown Judiciary Square Kingman Park Navy Yard/Near Southeast Near Northeast Penn Quarter NoMa, Washington, D.C. Southwest Federal Center Southwest Waterfront Sursum Corda Swampoodle Union Station 

Ward 7

Benning Heights Benning Ridge Benning Burrville Capitol View Civic Betterment Deanwood Dupont Park Eastland Gardens Fairfax Village Fairlawn Fort Davis Fort Dupont Good Hope  • Grant Park Greenway Hillbrook Hillcrest Kenilworth Kingman Park Lincoln Heights Mahaning Heights Marshall Heights Mayfair Naylor Gardens Penn Branch Randle Highlands River Terrace Skyland  • Summit Park Twining 

Ward 8

Anacostia Barry Farm Bellevue Buena Vista Congress Heights Douglass Fairlawn Garfield Heights  • Knox Hill Shipley Terrace Washington Highlands Woodland 

Demography of Washington, D.C.

Government and politics of Washington, D.C.

The District of Columbia is divided into 8 wards to elect councilmembers.

Structure of the government of Washington, D.C.

Branches of the government of Washington, D.C.

Executive branch of the government of Washington, D.C.
Legislative branch of the government of Washington, D.C.
Judicial branch of the government of Washington, D.C.

Law and order in Washington, D.C.

Military in Washington, D.C.

History of Washington, D.C.

History of the District of Columbia, by period

Culture of Washington, D.C.

The Arts in Washington, D.C.

Sports in Washington, D.C.

Economy and infrastructure of Washington, D.C.

Education in Washington, D.C.

See also

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  • All pages with titles beginning with District of Columbia
  • All pages with titles beginning with Washington, D.C.
  • All pages with titles beginning with Washingtonian
  • All pages with titles containing District of Columbia
  • All pages with titles containing Washington, D.C.
  • All pages with titles containing Washingtonian

References

  1. "D.C. History F.A.Q." Historical Society of D.C. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  2. "Frequently Asked Questions About D.C". Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  3. "U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts District of Columbia".
  4. First United States Congress (July 16, 1790). "An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States" (cgi-bin). Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  5. George Washington (January 24, 1791). "Proclamation of the location of the district for the permanent seat of the Government of the United States" (php). President of the United States of America. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  6. First United States Congress (March 3, 1791). "An Act to amend "An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States"" (cgi-bin). Retrieved June 23, 2009.

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