Outline of Washington, D.C.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Washington, D.C.:

Washington, D.C., legally named the District of Columbia, is the federal capital of the United States of America, and was founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C.

General reference

• Names
  • Common name: Washington, D.C.
    • Pronunciation:
  • Official name: The District of Columbia
  • Abbreviations and name codes
    • Postal symbol: DC
    • ISO 3166-2 code: US-DC
    • Internet second-level domain: .dc.us
  • Nicknames: Nicknames of Washington, D.C.
• Adjectivals:
  • District of Columbia
  • District
  • D.C.
  • Washington, D.C.
  • The Federal City
  • Washington
  • Washingtonian
• Demonym: Washingtonian

Geography of Washington, D.C.

• The District of Columbia is: The federal capital district of the United States of America
• Location
  • Northern hemisphere
  • Western hemisphere
    • Americas
      • North America
        • Anglo America
        • Northern America
          • United States of America
            • Contiguous United States
              • Eastern United States
                • East Coast of the United States – even though the District of Columbia does not include any actual coastline, it is generally considered to be part of the Eastern Seaboard region.
                  • Northeast megalopolis
                • Mid-Atlantic states
• Population of Washington, D.C.: 601,723 (2010 U.S. Census^[1])
• Area of Washington, D.C.: 63.8 mi sq

Places in Washington, D.C.

• Historic places in Washington, D.C.
  • National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C.
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.
    • Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
    • National Register of Historic Places listings in Northeast Quadrant, Washington, D.C.
    • National Register of Historic Places listings in Southeast Quadrant, Washington, D.C.
    • National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Quadrant, Washington, D.C.
    • National Register of Historic Places listings in Northwest Quadrant, Washington, D.C.
  • National Monuments in Washington, D.C.
    • President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
• National Natural Landmarks in Washington, D.C.: none
• National Parks in Washington, D.C. (official units of the U.S. National Park System)
  • Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
  • Constitution Gardens
  • Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
  • Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
  • Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
  • National Capital Parks
  • National Mall
  • Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
  • Rock Creek Park
  • Theodore Roosevelt Island
  • Thomas Jefferson Memorial
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Washington Monument
  • White House
  • World War II Memorial
• City parks in Washington, D.C.

Environment of Washington, D.C.

• Climate of Washington, D.C.
  • Hurricanes in Washington, D.C.
  • Tornados in Washington, D.C.
• Superfund sites in Washington, D.C.

Natural geographic features of Washington, D.C.

• Rivers of Washington, D.C.

Subdivisions of Washington, D.C.

• District of Columbia's At-large congressional district
• District of Columbia census statistical areas

Quadrants of Washington, D.C.

• Northwest, Washington, D.C.
• Northeast, Washington, D.C.
• Southeast, Washington, D.C.
• Southwest, Washington, D.C.

Neighborhoods of Washington, D.C.

The District of Columbia is divided into eight wards and 37 Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) within these wards.

Ward 1

Adams Morgan  • Columbia Heights  • Kalorama  • LeDroit Park  • Mount Pleasant  • Park View  • Pleasant Plains  • Shaw 

Ward 2

Burleith  • Downtown  • Dupont Circle  • Foggy Bottom  • Georgetown  • Sheridan Kalorama  • Logan Circle  • Mount Vernon Square  • Shaw  • West End 

Ward 3

American University Park  • Berkley  • Cathedral Heights  • Chevy Chase  • Cleveland Park  • Colony Hill  • Forest Hills  • Foxhall  • Friendship Heights  • Glover Park  • Kent  • Massachusetts Heights  • McLean Gardens  • North Cleveland Park  • Observatory Circle  • The Palisades  • Potomac Heights  • Spring Valley  • Tenleytown  • Wakefield  • Wesley Heights  • Woodland-Normanstone Terrace  • Woodley Park  (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 1)

Ward 4

Barnaby Woods  • Brightwood  • Brightwood Park  • Chevy Chase  (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 3) • Colonial Village  • Crestwood  • Fort Totten  • Hawthorne  • Manor Park  • Petworth  • Riggs Park  • Lamond-Riggs  • Shepherd Park  • Sixteenth Street Heights  • Takoma 

Ward 5

Arboretum  • Bloomingdale  • Brentwood  • Brookland  • Carver Langston  • Eckington  • Edgewood  • Fort Lincoln  • Fort Totten  (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 4) • Gateway  • Ivy City  • Riggs Park  (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 4) • Langdon  • Michigan Park  • North Michigan Park  • Pleasant Hill  • Stronghold/Metropolis View  • Trinidad  • Truxton Circle  • Woodridge 

Ward 6

Barney Circle  • Capitol Hill  • Chinatown  • Judiciary Square  • Kingman Park  • Navy Yard/Near Southeast  • Near Northeast  • Penn Quarter  • NoMa, Washington, D.C.  • Southwest Federal Center  • Southwest Waterfront  • Sursum Corda  • Swampoodle  • Union Station 

Ward 7

Benning Heights  • Benning Ridge  • Benning  • Burrville  • Capitol View  • Civic Betterment  • Deanwood  • Dupont Park  • Eastland Gardens  • Fairfax Village  • Fairlawn  • Fort Davis  • Fort Dupont  • Good Hope  • Grant Park  • Greenway  • Hillbrook  • Hillcrest  • Kenilworth  • Kingman Park  • Lincoln Heights  • Mahaning Heights  • Marshall Heights  • Mayfair  • Naylor Gardens  • Penn Branch  • Randle Highlands  • River Terrace  • Skyland  • Summit Park  • Twining 

Ward 8

Anacostia  • Barry Farm  • Bellevue  • Buena Vista  • Congress Heights  • Douglass  • Fairlawn  • Garfield Heights  • Knox Hill  • Shipley Terrace  • Washington Highlands  • Woodland 

Demography of Washington, D.C.

• Political party strength in Washington, D.C.

Government and politics of Washington, D.C.

Main article: Government of Washington, D.C. and Politics of Washington, D.C.

• Elections in the District of Columbia
• List of District of Columbia symbols

Structure of the government of Washington, D.C.

• District of Columbia home rule
  • There are two committees in the United States Congress that oversee the District of Columbia:
    • The United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,
      which is the successor committee to the United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, and
    • The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
• United States congressional delegations from the District of Columbia (one non-voting delegate)

Branches of the government of Washington, D.C.

Executive branch of the government of Washington, D.C.

• Mayor of Washington, D.C.
  • Advisory Neighborhood Commissions

Legislative branch of the government of

• Council of the District of Columbia

Judicial branch of the government of Washington, D.C.

• District of Columbia Court of Appeals (equivalent to a state supreme court)
  • Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Law and order in Washington, D.C.

Law of Washington, D.C.

• Cannabis in Washington, D.C.
• Crime in Washington, D.C.
• Gun laws in Washington, D.C.
• Law enforcement in Washington, D.C.
  • Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
• Recognition of same-sex unions in the District of Columbia
• Voting rights in the District of Columbia

Military in Washington, D.C.

• District of Columbia Air National Guard
• District of Columbia Army National Guard

History of Washington, D.C.

History of Washington, D.C.

History of the District of Columbia, by period

• Indigenous peoples
• American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
  • United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
  • Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
• State of Maryland, (1776–1791)
• Commonwealth of Virginia, (1776–1791)
• District of Columbia since March 3, 1791
  • President George Washington signs An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States on July 16, 1790^[2]
  • President George Washington proclaims location of the district for the permanent seat of the Government of the United States on January 24, 1791^[3]
  • President George Washington signs An Act to amend "An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States" on March 3, 1791^[4]
  • President John Adams moves into new White House on November 1, 1800
  • Sixth United States Congress meets in new United States Capitol on November 17, 1800
  • War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
    • Burning of Washington, August 24–25, 1814
    • Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
  • Mexican-American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
  • Retrocession of the District of Columbia, 1847
  • Know-Nothing Riot, 1857
  • American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
    • District of Columbia in the American Civil War
    • Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865
      • President Lincoln dies on April 15, 1865
  • Streetcars in the District of Columbia, 1862–1962
  • Assassination of President James A. Garfield on July 2, 1881
    • President Garfield dies on September 19, 1881
  • Protest marches on Washington, D.C. since 1894
  • McMillan Plan, 1901
  • United States Capitol shooting incident on March 1, 1954
  • African-American Civil Rights Movement from December 1, 1955, to January 20, 1969
    • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963
      • Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his I Have a Dream speech
    • President Lyndon Johnson signs the National Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965
  • Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1960–1961
  • District of Columbia riots of 1968
  • District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973
  • United States Senate bombing of 1983
  • United States Capitol shooting incident of 1998
  • Attacks on the United States, including the Pentagon, on September 11, 2001

Culture of Washington, D.C.

• Architecture of Washington, D.C.
  • Tallest buildings in Washington, D.C.
• Museums in Washington, D.C.
• People from Washington, D.C.
• Scouting in Washington, D.C.
• Symbols of the District of Columbia
  • Flag of the District of Columbia
  • Great Seal of the District of Columbia

The Arts in Washington, D.C.

• Music of Washington, D.C.
• Outdoor sculpture in Washington, D.C.
• Theater in Washington, D.C.

Sports in Washington, D.C.

• Professional sports teams in Washington, D.C.

Economy and infrastructure of Washington, D.C.

Economy of Washington, D.C.

• Communications in Washington, D.C.
  • District of Columbia Public Library
  • Media in Washington, D.C.
    • Newspapers in Washington, D.C.
    • Radio stations in Washington, D.C.
    • Television stations in Washington, D.C.
  • Telephone service in Washington, D.C.
    • Area code 202
• Healthcare in Washington, D.C.
  • Hospitals in Washington, D.C.
• Transportation in Washington, D.C.
  • Metrobus
    • Metrobus routes in Washington, D.C.
  • Airports in Washington, D.C.: none
  • Rail transport in Washington, D.C.
    • Railroads in Washington, D.C.
    • Washington Metro
    • Baltimore-Washington D.C. Maglev (proposed project)
  • Roads in Washington, D.C.
    • Circles in Washington, D.C.
    • Washington, D.C. numbered highways
• Water in Washington, D.C.
  • Washington Aqueduct
  • District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
  • Lead contamination in Washington, D.C. drinking water

Education in Washington, D.C.

Education in Washington, D.C.

• Schools in Washington, D.C.
  • District of Columbia Public Schools
    • High schools in Washington, D.C.
  • Colleges and universities in Washington, D.C.

See also

• Topic overview:
  • Washington, D.C.
  • Index of Washington, D.C.-related articles
  • Book:Washington, D.C.
• All pages beginning with "District of Columbia"
• All pages beginning with "Washington, D.C."
• All pages beginning with "Washingtonian"
• All pages with titles containing District of Columbia
• All pages with titles containing Washington, D.C.
• All pages with titles containing Washingtonian

References

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Washington, D.C.