District of Columbia

E40990

U.S. capital district federal capital territory federal district

The District of Columbia is the federal district of the United States that contains the nation’s capital city, Washington, D.C., and serves as the seat of the U.S. federal government.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
District of Columbia canonical	1,690
the District of Columbia	2
District of Columbia (across the Potomac River)	1
District of Columbia (as federal property context)	1
District of Columbia (for D.C. portion)	1
District of Columbia (full name string)	1
District of Columbia (historically as quasi-territorial)	1
District of Columbia (prior to retrocession)	1
District of Columbia (with special rules)	1
District of Columbia Area	1
District of Washington	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T32828 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: District of Columbia
Context triple: [One First Street NE, Washington, D.C., locatedIn, District of Columbia]

A. Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
B. Washington
Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest known for its diverse landscapes, technology industry centered around Seattle, and significant cultural and economic influence on the West Coast.
C. Maryland
Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
D. Government of the District of Columbia
The Government of the District of Columbia is the municipal administration responsible for governing Washington, D.C., providing local services and implementing laws for the U.S. capital.
E. Rhode Island
Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area, located in New England on the Atlantic coast and known for its colonial history and maritime heritage.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: District of Columbia
Target entity description: The District of Columbia is the federal district of the United States that contains the nation’s capital city, Washington, D.C., and serves as the seat of the U.S. federal government.

A. Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
B. Washington
Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest known for its diverse landscapes, technology industry centered around Seattle, and significant cultural and economic influence on the West Coast.
C. Maryland
Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
D. Government of the District of Columbia
The Government of the District of Columbia is the municipal administration responsible for governing Washington, D.C., providing local services and implementing laws for the U.S. capital.
E. Rhode Island
Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area, located in New England on the Atlantic coast and known for its colonial history and maritime heritage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. capital district ⓘ federal capital territory ⓘ federal district ⓘ
areaKm2	177 ⓘ
areaSqMi	68.3 ⓘ
borders	Maryland ⓘ Potomac River ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
capital	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
contains	Lincoln Memorial ⓘ National Archives Building ⓘ National Mall ⓘ Pentagon Reservation vicinity ⓘ linked to: Pentagon Smithsonian Institution museums ⓘ linked to: Smithsonian Institution United States Capitol ⓘ Washington Monument ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ White House ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currency	United States dollar ⓘ linked to: US dollar
dateEstablished	1790-07-16 ⓘ
electoralVotesGrantedBy	Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
establishedBy	Residence Act ⓘ
federalDistrictSince	1801 ⓘ
FIPSCode	11 ⓘ
governingDocument	District of Columbia Home Rule Act ⓘ
hasCouncil	Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasElectoralVotes	3 ⓘ
hasMayor	Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasMotto	Justitia Omnibus ⓘ
hasMottoInEnglish	Justice for All ⓘ
ISOCode	US-DC ⓘ
largestCity	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
licensePlateSlogan	Taxation Without Representation ⓘ
locatedIn	East Coast of the United States ⓘ Mid-Atlantic region of the United States ⓘ linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
namedAfter	Christopher Columbus ⓘ
nonVotingRepresentativeIn	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
observes	Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Eastern Time Zone Eastern Standard Time ⓘ linked to: Eastern Time Zone
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	United States federal district system ⓘ
population	approximately 700000 ⓘ
populationAsOf	2020 ⓘ
postalAbbreviation	DC ⓘ
seatOf	President of the United States ⓘ Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ federal government of the United States ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1,701)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

One First Street NE, Washington, D.C. → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Maryland → borderedBy → District of Columbia ⓘ

Dupont Circle → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → District of Columbia ⓘ

Interstate 395 → passesThrough → District of Columbia ⓘ

Interstate 395 → state → District of Columbia ⓘ

Social Security Board → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Title 50 of the United States Code → appliesIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Director of National Intelligence → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

subject linked to: DNI

Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

National Register of Historic Places → geographicCoverage → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Holocaust Memorial Council → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Family Theater → state → District of Columbia ⓘ

Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Union Station Redevelopment Corporation → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority → jurisdiction → District of Columbia ⓘ

Washington Metro → serves → District of Columbia ⓘ

subject linked to: Metro

Federal Housing Administration → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Department of Labor → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Department of the Interior → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Historical Records Survey → location → District of Columbia ⓘ

Capitol Hill → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Interstate 66 → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

14th Street Bridge complex → regionServed → District of Columbia ⓘ

District Department of Transportation → jurisdiction → District of Columbia ⓘ

District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 → appliesToJurisdiction → District of Columbia ⓘ

John A. Wilson Building → governmentJurisdiction → District of Columbia ⓘ

U.S. Department of Energy → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Nassif Building → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Agency for International Development → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

subject linked to: United States Agency for International Development (in coordination)

contiguous United States → includesAdministrativeTerritory → District of Columbia ⓘ

Naval Research Laboratory → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

National Park Service → operatesIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Wexner Learning Center → locatedInState → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Copyright Office → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Congressional Research Service → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled → serviceArea → District of Columbia ⓘ

MARC Train → operatingArea → District of Columbia ⓘ

Northeast Corridor → passesThrough → District of Columbia ⓘ

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority → serves → District of Columbia ⓘ

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority → compactParties → District of Columbia ⓘ

National Mall → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe → state → District of Columbia ⓘ

The Arts of War → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

National Popular Vote Interstate Compact → memberType → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Secretary of Energy → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Senate wing → locatedIn → District of Columbia ⓘ

Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

United States Department of Agriculture → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → District of Columbia ⓘ

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