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{{City
|name =District of Columbia
|picture =US Capitol.jpg
|picture2 =DC flag.jpg
|map =
|country =United States
|state =
|region =
|settled =1791
|charter =
|population =617,996
|area =68.3 sq mi
|density =10,065
|mayor =Vincent C. Gray
|demonym =Washingtonian
}}
'''Washington, D.C.''', also known as the '''District of Columbia''', since 1800 has been the capital of the [[United States]].<ref>http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm</ref>
'''Washington, D.C.''', also known as the '''District of Columbia''', since 1800 has been the capital of the [[United States]].<ref>http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm</ref>
Legally the name of the city is "District of Columbia".<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=016/llsl016.db&recNum=0454 District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871.] [[Library of Congress]]</ref><ref> [http://countystation.com/washingtondc.html District of Columbia Information.]</ref>
Legally the name of the city is "District of Columbia".<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=016/llsl016.db&recNum=0454 District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871.] [[Library of Congress]]</ref><ref> [http://countystation.com/washingtondc.html District of Columbia Information.]</ref>