entire District of Columbia

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The entire District of Columbia is the federal capital district of the United States, encompassing Washington, D.C., and serving as the seat of the U.S. federal government.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
federal district ⓘ
planned city ⓘ
borders Maryland ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
borderType land border ⓘ
river border ⓘ
capitalOf United States of America ⓘ
federal government of the United States ⓘ
contains Adams Morgan ⓘ
Anacostia ⓘ
Anacostia River ⓘ
Capitol Hill neighborhood ⓘ
Downtown Washington, D.C. ⓘ
Dupont Circle ⓘ
Foggy Bottom ⓘ
Georgetown ⓘ
Jefferson Memorial ⓘ
Library of Congress ⓘ
Lincoln Memorial ⓘ
National Archives Building ⓘ
National Mall ⓘ
Pentagon Reservation ⓘ
linked to: Pentagon

Rock Creek Park ⓘ
Smithsonian Institution museums ⓘ
United States Capitol ⓘ
Washington Monument ⓘ
White House ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
followsLegalSystem United States federal law ⓘ
hasAreaUnit square kilometers ⓘ
square miles ⓘ
hasCapital Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasElectoralVotesIn United States presidential elections ⓘ
hasExecutiveHead Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasGovernmentStatus federal district under U.S. Congress authority ⓘ
not a U.S. state ⓘ
hasLargestCity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasLegislature Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
ISOCode US-DC ⓘ
locatedIn East Coast of the United States ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic region of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter Christopher Columbus ⓘ
nonVotingRepresentativeIn United States House of Representatives ⓘ
postalAbbreviation DC ⓘ
seatOf President of the United States ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
traversedByRiver Potomac River ⓘ
usesCurrency United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
usesDaylightSavingTime true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

District of Columbia–Maryland border → definesLimitOf → District of Columbia jurisdiction ⓘ
linked to: entire District of Columbia
Gareth Porter → basedOn → Washington, D.C. area (periods of career) ⓘ
linked to: entire District of Columbia
Province of Baltimore → includesTerritory → District of Columbia (in part, via diocesan boundaries) ⓘ
linked to: entire District of Columbia