Washington, D.C., also known as Huadu and Washington, the capital of the United States of America, was named after George Washington, the first president of the United States. It is close to Virginia and Maryland, located in the northeastern United States and the mid-Atlantic. It is a special administrative division established as the capital in 1790, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the US Congress, so it does not belong to any state in the United States.
Washington urban area 177 square kilometers; 20 19 10, with a population of about 700,000. The highest authority in Washington, D.C. is the U.S. Congress, which administers it through the Washington City Government. But Washington citizens have only one voting representative in the House of Representatives and no representative in the Senate.
Location context:
Washington, D.C. is located in the northeast of the United States, near Virginia and Maryland, with its center at 38 91'north latitude and 77 01'west longitude, with a total area of 177 square kilometers, of which 10. 16% is water. The southwest of Washington is connected with Virginia, and the border is the south bank of the Potomac River. The other three sides are connected with Maryland.