Dupont Circle

Summary

Dupont Circle is a traffic circle^[1]. It draws 286 Wikipedia views per month (traffic_circle category, ranking #2 of 18).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dupont Circle is located in Washington, D.C.^[3].
• Dupont Circle is in the country of United States^[4].
• Dupont Circle's image is recorded as Dupont Circle fountain - facing southwest.JPG^[5].
• Dupont Circle's image is recorded as Dupont Circle.jpg^[6].
• Dupont Circle's instance of is recorded as traffic circle^[7].
• Dupont Circle's instance of is recorded as neighborhood of Washington, D.C.^[8].
• Dupont Circle's instance of is recorded as urban park^[9].
• Dupont Circle's instance of is recorded as gay village^[10].
• Dupont Circle's instance of is recorded as square^[11].
• Dupont Circle's shares border with is recorded as West End^[12].
• Samuel Francis Du Pont is named after Dupont Circle^[13].
• Dupont Circle's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315529937^[14].
• Dupont Circle's locator map image is recorded as Dupont Circle Map.svg^[15].
• Dupont Circle's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh86003332^[16].
• Dupont Circle's location is recorded as Northwest^[17].
• Dupont Circle's Commons category is recorded as Dupont Circle^[18].
• Dupont Circle's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4638652^[19].
• Dupont Circle's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone^[20].
• Dupont Circle's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00^[21].
• Dupont Circle's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00^[22].
• Dupont Circle's has part is recorded as Dupont Circle Historic District^[23].
• Dupont Circle's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 529472^[24].
• Dupont Circle's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 529413^[25].
• Dupont Circle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.90963888888889, 'lon': -77.04344444444445}^[26].
• Dupont Circle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_qb6^[27].

Body

Geography

Dupont Circle is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in Washington, D.C.^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Dupont Circle's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q81292', 'amount': '+325'}^[28]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+89'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include traffic circle^[7], neighborhood of Washington, D.C.^[8], urban park^[9], gay village^[10], and square^[11].

History and Context

Samuel Francis Du Pont is named after Dupont Circle^[13].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Dupont Circle include it station^[30], a metro station^[31], in United States^[32].

Why It Matters

Dupont Circle draws 286 Wikipedia views per month (traffic_circle category, ranking #2 of 18).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for it include it station^[30], a metro station^[31], in United States^[32].