what is the location of washington dc
Washington, D.C., is located in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. East Coast. Due to the District of Columbia retrocession, the city has a total area of 68.3 square miles (177 km 2), of which 61.4 square miles (159 km 2) is land and 6.9 square miles (18 km 2) (10.16%) is water.