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Capital City: Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States
of America Population: 554,000 (1997)
Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for all) -Origin of State Name: Named after
George Washington and
Christopher
Columbus-Border States: Between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River-Land
Area: 68 sq. mi.
Highest
Point: Tenleytown-District's Bird: Wood Thrush-District's Flower: American
Beauty Rose-District's Tree:
Scarlet
Oak-District's Song: The Star-Spangled Banner-More Information: Washington D.C.
is a federal district
under the authority of Congress. Local government is run by a mayor and 13
member city council.
Washington
DC
is represented in Congress by an elected, nonvoting Delegate to the House of
Representatives and residents have
been able to vote in Presidential elections since 1961.
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