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Washington D. C.
Our Nation’s Capital
The center of Federal power since 1801, The District of Columbia, Maryland was founded in 1790.
It is not part of a state, and it is not a state, itself. It is a 68-square-mile district that is governed by the US Congress. Pierre Charles L’Enfant laid out the city with distinctive radial streets in 1791. In addition to housing the Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches of the Federal government, the city is host to 177 foreign embassies.
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