Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. (), formally the Destrict o Columbie an commonly referrt tae as Washington, or The Destrict, or simply D.C., is the caipital o the Unitit States o Americae, 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 American 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.

 Sister ceeties 
Washington, D.C. haes ten offeecial sister ceety greements. Paris is a "Pairtner Ceety" due tae the ane Sister Ceety policy o that commune.

 Ceety Kintra Year Bangkok  Thailand 1962, renewed 2002 Dakar  Senegal 1980, renewed 2006 Beijing  Cheenae 1984, renewed 2004 Brussels  Belgium 1985, renewed 2002 Athens  Greece 2000 Paris  Fraunce 2000, renewed 2005 Pretoria  Sooth Africae 2002, renewed 2008 Seoul  Sooth Korea 2006 Accra  Ghana 2006 Sunderland  Unitit Kinrick 2006 Roum  Italy 2011 Ankara  Turkey 2011

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 Guide tae Washington, D.C., materials frae the Library of Congress
 Washington, D.C. traivel guide frae Wikivoyage



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