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Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
, formally the
District of Columbia
and commonly referred to as "
Washington
", "
the District
", or simply "
D.C.
", is the
capital
of the
United States
. The signing of the
Residence Act
on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a
capital district
located along the
Potomac River
on the country's
East Coast
. The
U.S. Constitution
provided for a
federal district
under the
exclusive jurisdiction
of the
Congress
and the District is therefore not a part of any
U.S. state
.
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