Outline of Washington, D.C.

District of Columbia • Names • Common name: Washington, D.C. • Official name: District of Columbia • Abbreviations and name codes • Postal symbol: DC • ISO 3166-2 code: US-DC • Internet second-level domain: .dc.us • Adjectivals: • District of Columbia • District • DC • 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 coastline, it is generally considered to be part of the Eastern Seaboard region. • Northeast megalopolis • Mid-Atlantic states • Population of Washington, D.C.: 689,545 (2020 U.S. Census) • Area of Washington, D.C.: 63.8 mi sq Geographic features of Washington, D.C. • Atlantic coastal plain • Atlantic Seaboard fall line • Boundary Channel • Buzzard Point • Capitol Hill • Columbia Island • Georgetown Reservoir • Hains Point • Dalecarlia Reservoir • McMillan Reservoir • Meridian Hill • Piedmont (United States) • Southwest Waterfront • Theodore Roosevelt Island • Rivers of Washington, D.C. • Three Sisters • Tidal Basin • Washington Channel Places in Washington, D.C. • Historic places in Washington, D.C. • Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal • Jefferson Pier • 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 • Bridges in Washington, D.C. • 11th Street Bridges • 14th Street Bridges • Arlington Memorial Bridge • Boulder Bridge • Boundary Channel Bridge • Chain Bridge • Connecticut Avenue Bridge (Klingle Valley Bridge) • Dunbarton Bridge • Francis Scott Key Bridge • Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge • Kutz Memorial Bridge • New York Avenue Bridge • Theodore Roosevelt Bridge • Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge • Ross Drive Bridge • William Howard Taft Bridge • Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge • Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. • National Parks in Washington, D.C. (official units of the U.S. National Park System) • Benjamin Banneker Park • Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site • Battleground National Cemetery • Clara Barton Parkway • Constitution Gardens • East Potomac Park • Ford's Theatre National Historic Site • Fort Circle Parks • Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial • Frederick Douglass National Historic Site • Freedom Plaza • 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 • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park • George Washington Memorial Parkway • National Capital Parks-East • National Mall and Memorial Parks • National Mall • President's Park • Lafayette Square • The Ellipse • White House • Rock Creek Park • Jefferson Memorial • Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site • Theodore Roosevelt Island • Vietnam Veterans Memorial • Washington Monument • West Potomac Park • World War II Memorial • United States Capitol Complex • Union Square • Capitol Reflecting Pool • Ulysses S. Grant Memorial • United States Botanic Garden • United States Capitol • Apotheosis of Democracy • Hall of Columns • National Statuary Hall • National Statuary Hall Collection • Old Senate Chamber • Old Supreme Court Chamber • Statue of Freedom • United States Capitol crypt • United States Capitol dome • United States Capitol rotunda • United States Senate chamber • Washington's Tomb (United States Capitol) • United States Capitol Visitor Center • United States National Arboretum • Washington Aqueduct 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. 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.==

• 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 • District of Columbia's at-large congressional district (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 Washington, D.C. • 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. • 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 National Guard • Military District of Washington • Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region == History of Washington, D.C. ==

• L'Enfant Plan • District of Columbia retrocession • Residence Act History of the District of Columbia, by period in the United States of America • 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 • President George Washington proclaims location of the district for the permanent seat of the Government of the United States on January 24, 1791 • 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 • 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 • 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. == Economy and infrastructure 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. ==

• 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==