Washington, D.C.

capital city of the United States of America
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Summary

Washington, D.C. is a city in the United States[1]. Washington, D.C. ranks in the top 0.011% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174,655 views/month, #1 of 9,394).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: District of Columbia[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Potomac River[5], Anacostia River[6], Rock Creek[7]
  • Head of government: Muriel Bowser[8]
  • Continent: North America[9]
  • Instance of: big city[10], human settlement[11], planned national capital[12], political city[13], federal capital[14]
  • Shares border with: Arlington County[15], Alexandria[16], Prince George's County[17], Montgomery County[18], Fairfax County[19], Bethesda[20], Silver Spring[21]
  • Top-level Internet domain: Q140696590[22]
  • Named after: George Washington[23], Christopher Columbus[24]
  • Flag: flag of Washington, D.C.[25]
  • Twinned administrative body: Brussels-Capital Region[26], Bangkok[27], Dakar[28], Beijing[29], Athens[30], Pretoria[31], Seoul[32], Accra[33], Sunderland[34], Ankara[35], Brasília[36], Addis Ababa[37], Paris[38], Rome[39]
  • Coat of arms: Seal of the District of Columbia[40]
  • IATA airport code: WAS[41]
  • Postal code: 20001[42], 20002[43], 20003[44], 20004[45], 20005[46], 20006[47], 20007[48], 20008[49], 20009[50], 20010[51], 20011[52], 20012[53], 20013[54], 20015[55]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Washington, D.C. include Washington Commanders[56], an American football team[57], in United States[58], founded in 1932[59]; Washington Dulles International Airport[60], an international airport[61], in United States[62]; Burning of Washington[63], an arson[64], in United States[65]; The Washington Post[66], a daily newspaper[67], in United States[68], founded in 1877[69]; Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport[70], an airport[71], in United States[72], founded in 1938[73]; Washington metropolitan area[74], a metropolitan statistical area[75], in United States[76]; Northeast megalopolis[77], a megaregion of the United States[78], in United States[79]; and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport[80], an international airport[81], in United States[82], founded in 1950[83].

Why It Matters

Washington, D.C. has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[84] Washington, D.C. is known by 129 alternative names across languages and contexts.[85]

Entities named for Washington, D.C. include Washington Commanders[56], an American football team[57], in United States[58], founded in 1932[59]; Washington Dulles International Airport[60], an international airport[61], in United States[62]; Burning of Washington[63], an arson[64], in United States[65]; The Washington Post[66], a daily newspaper[67], in United States[68], founded in 1877[69]; Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport[70], an airport[71], in United States[72], founded in 1938[73]; and Washington metropolitan area[74], a metropolitan statistical area[75], in United States[76].

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Class ancestry

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  2. [84] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [85] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: Washington DC, update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/fb2d267272cf|details]])"
  2. 4d ago · Tomodachi94 · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → historica:Washington_DC
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: historica:Washington_DC, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/300140739|Washington DC (#300140739)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8197|Hi"
  3. 4d ago · Liber008 · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 299
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', '
    British museum place id → x46418
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ British museum place id: x46418, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/328366818|Washington DC (#328366818)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8589|British Museum"
  4. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of latvia id → 000042443
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ Country: United States, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P248]]"
  5. 10w ago · Vtone · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of latvia id: LNC10-000042443"
  6. 11w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q29401 (asm)-বিকাশ দিহিঙ্গীয়া-ৱাশ্বিংটন ডি.চি..wav
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  7. 13w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Washington_D_C
    Domain name → washington.dc.us
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/Washington_D_C"
  8. 13w ago · Mxn · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Top-level internet domain → Q140696590
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Top-level internet domain: Q140696590"
  9. 13w ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → United States, District of Columbia, Union
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Capital of: Union"
  10. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1XcM4H
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40836|batch #40836]]: ZGBK ID"
  11. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 87570
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 87570, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  12. 16w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fallout wiki id → Washington,_D.C.
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fallout wiki id: Washington,_D.C., Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294317241|Washington, D.C. (#294317241)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8063|Fallo"
  13. 17w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gaycities id → washingtondc
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gaycities id: washingtondc, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/226428987|Washington, DC (#226428987)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7294|GayCities c"
  14. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0002096-Washington-DC
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0002096-Washington-DC, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  15. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Authority → Government of the District of Columbia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Authority: Government of the District of Columbia"
  16. 22w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Viaf cluster id → 312739635, 153590112
    Harper's tag → d-c, washington-d-c, washington-dc
    Highest point → Point Reno
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: washington-d-c, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289970850|washington d c (#289970850)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  17. 22w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The new yorker topic id → washington
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The new yorker topic id: washington, Moving from District of Columbia"
  18. 23w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tclf id → places/city-and-regional-guides/washington-dc, places/city-and-regional-guides/dc-modernism
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||nso, got, mhr, crh, hak, br, ka, simple, mg, pfl, zh-yue, ext, gan, se, cv, nn, zh-min-nan, fo, diq, rm, rue, srn, ba, za, fiu-vro, tpi, roa-tara, bat-smg, hs"
  19. 23w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Tclf id: places/city-and-regional-guides/washington-dc"
  20. 24w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||nso, got, mhr, crh, hak, br, ka, simple, mg, pfl, zh-yue, ext, gan, se, cv, nn, zh-min-nan, fo, diq, rm, rue, srn, ba, za, fiu-vro, tpi, roa-tara, bat-smg, hs"
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