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 | | Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C. Washington; the Nation's Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America. |
 | | Washington may have chosen the site for its natural scenery, in the belief that the Potomac had the potential to be a great navigable waterway, or even in the hope of increasing the value of his land holdings in the area. |
 | | Washington is surrounded by the states of Virginia (on its southwest side, and a small part of its northwest one) and Maryland (on its southeast and northeast sides, and most of its northwest one); it interrupts those states' common border, which is the Potomac River both upstream and downstream from the District. |
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