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|name          =District of Columbia

|name          = District of Columbia

|picture        =US Capitol.jpg

|picture        = US Capitol.jpg

|picture2      =DC flag.jpg

|picture2      = DC flag.GIF

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|country        =United States

|country        = United States

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|settled        =1791

|settled        = 1791

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|population    =715,000 (2020)

|population    = 715,000 (2020)

|area         =68.3 sq mi

|area         = 68.3 sq mi

|density        =10,065

|density        = 10,065

|mayor         =Muriel Bowser

|mayor         = Muriel Bowser

|demonym        =Washingtonian

|demonym        = Washingtonian

|co-ordinates  =38.9° N. 77.1° W.<ref>{{Cite book|date=1922|title=World Almanac and Book of Facts for 1923|url=https://archive.org/stream/worldalmanacbook1923unse#page/62/mode/2up/search/munich|series=series: World Almanac and Book of Facts|language=English|location=New York|publisher=Press Pub Co. (''The New York World'')|pages=63}} Rounded down toward zero.</ref>

|co-ordinates  = 38.9° N. 77.1° W.<ref>{{Cite book|date=1922|title=World Almanac and Book of Facts for 1923|url=https://archive.org/stream/worldalmanacbook1923unse#page/62/mode/2up/search/munich|series=series: World Almanac and Book of Facts|language=English|location=New York|publisher=Press Pub Co. (''The New York World'')|pages=63}} Rounded down toward zero.</ref>

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'''Washington, D.C.''', also known as the '''District of Columbia''' or simply '''D.C.''', has since 1800 been the capital of the [[United States]].<ref>https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm</ref>

'''Washington, D.C.''', also known as the '''District of Columbia''' or simply '''D.C.''', has been the capital of the [[United States]] since 1800.<ref>https://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>

The self-interested, often deceitful conduct of power brokers in D.C. results in its nickname as "'''the swamp'''," which also references the historical climate of the region prior to its founding as it was literally founded on swampy land.  In addition, its nickname as the "[[deep state]]" reflects how there is an entrenched [[liberal]] bureaucracy in D.C. that serves itself rather than the people of the [[United States]] who pay the bills.

The self-interested, often deceitful conduct of power brokers in D.C. results in its nickname as "'''the swamp'''," which also references the historical climate of the region prior to its founding as it was literally founded on swampy land.  In addition, its nickname as the "[[deep state]]" reflects how there is an entrenched [[liberal]] bureaucracy in D.C. that serves itself rather than the people of the [[United States]] who pay the bills.