Outline of the District of Columbia

Outline of the District of Columbia
The Flag of the District of Columbia
The Great Seal of the District of Columbia
The location of the District of Columbia in the United States of America
An enlargeable map of the District of Columbia

The District of Columbia, more commonly known as Washington, D.C., is the federal capital of the United States of America, and was founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Washington, D.C.:

General reference

Geography of the District of Columbia

Main article: Geography of Washington, D.C.

Places in Washington, D.C.

Environment of the District of Columbia

Natural geographic features of the District of Columbia

Subdivisions of Washington, D.C.

Quadrants of Washington, D.C.

Neighborhoods of the District of Columbia

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
DC neighborhoods map

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 the District of Columbia

Main article: Demographics of Washington, D.C.

Government and politics of the District of Columbia

The District of Columbia is divided into 8 wards.
Main article: Government of Washington, D.C. and Politics of Washington, D.C.

Structure of the government of Washington, D.C.

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Executive branch of the government of Washington, D.C.
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Judicial branch of the government of Washington, D.C.

Law and order in the District of Columbia

Law of Washington, D.C.

Military in the District of Columbia

Main article: Military in Washington, D.C.

History of the District of Columbia

History of Washington, D.C.

History of the District of Columbia, by period

The location of the District of Columbia in the United States of America
An enlargeable map of the District of Columbia

Culture of the District of Columbia

Main article: Culture of Washington, D.C.

The Arts in the District of Columbia

Sports in the District of Columbia

Main article: Sports in Washington, D.C.
  • Professional sports teams in Washington, D.C.

Economy and infrastructure of the District of Columbia

Economy of Washington, D.C.

Education in the District of Columbia

Education in Washington, D.C.

See also

References

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Washington, D.C.


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