L'Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C., as revised by Andrew Ellicott. Engraved by Thackara & Vallance sc. Printed from the same plate as map appearing in The universal asylum, and Columbian magazine, Philadelphia, March 1792 (the first printed edition of the Plan of the City of Washington).
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CityCenterDC is Downtown's signature neighborhood where an unmatched mix of shops and restaurants, apartments, condominiums, office buildings and common area blend for a vibrant urban experience.
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Throughout its history, Washington, D.C. residents have therefore lacked voting representation in Congress. The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1961, gave the District representation in the Electoral College.
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From page 1 on Wikipedia: Named in honor of George Washington, the City of Washington was founded in 1791 to serve as the new national capital. In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia and created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the District in 1871.
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Unique among cities with a high percentage of African Americans, Washington has had a significant black population since the city's creation. As a result, Washington became both a center of African American culture and a center of civil rights movement.
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The history of Washington, D.C., is tied to its role as the capital of the United States. Originally inhabited by an Algonquian-speaking people known as the Nacotchtank, the site of the District of Columbia along the Potomac River was first selected by President George Washington. The city came under attack during the War of 1812 in an episode known as the Burning of Washington.
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L'Enfant opposed selling land prematurely, refused to furnish his map to the city commissioners in time for the sale, and was reluctantly relieved of his duties by George Washington. Ellicott was then engaged to produce a map and reproduced L'Enfant's plan from his memory. In the context of the United States, a plan as grand as the 200 year old city of Washington, DC, stands alone in its magnificence and scale.
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Yes, it is a Federal city - the only Federal city in the United States. The 'DC' stands for 'District of Columbia. Columbia is the part of Maryland it was cut out of geographically in order to become an entity of its own: a 'district'.
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Washington DC is a city that originally comprised the cities of Washington and Georgetown from MD and Alexandria from Virginia. Alexandria was given back to VA after the Civil War. Washington is also treated as a state for some purposes - e.g., it has its own judicial system etc.
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what city for washington dc
Georgetown from Maryland and Alexandria from Virginia are the city in Washington, the District of Columbia.  Georgetown from Maryland and Alexandria from Virginia for Washinton DC.