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| | Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Washington D.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | The District of Columbia, founded on July 16, 1790, is a federal district as specified by the United States Constitution with limitedandmdash;and sometimes contentiousandmdash;local rule. |
 | | The District is ruled "in all cases whatsoever" by the U.S. Congress, though its residents have no voting representative in that body. |
 | | As of 2005, the District of Columbia has an estimated population of 550,521, which is a decrease of 3,718, or 0.7%, from the prior year and a decrease of 21,538, or 3.8%, since the year 2000. |
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