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United States. Campus. 125 acres (0.51 km 2) Mascot. Clippers. Website. www .spscc .edu. South Puget Sound Community College is a public community college in southwest Olympia, Washington. The college contains 125 acres (0.51 km 2) and is serving about 5,300 full and part-time students as of the fall 2020 quarter.
Healy Hall at Georgetown University. McMahon Hall at the Catholic University of America. Founders Library at Howard University. School of International Service at American University. Founders' Plaza at the University of the District of Columbia. There are nineteen colleges and universities in Washington, D.C., that are listed under the ...
The topography of Washington, D.C. is highly similar to the physical geography of much of Maryland. The city has three significant natural flowing bodies of water: the Potomac River and two tributaries, the Anacostia River and Rock Creek. The confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia forms the historic peninsula known as Arsenal Point.
dc .gov. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. [13] The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. It was named for George Washington, the first president of ...
38°54′05″N 77°02′46″W. / 38.901444°N 77.046167°W / 38.901444; -77.046167 ( Cleveland Abbe House) Cleveland Abbe, a prominent meteorologist who became known as the father of the National Weather Service, lived in this house from 1877 to 1909. Previous occupants in the early decades of the 19th century included James ...
The metro DC area is the second-most popular destination for African immigrants, after New York City. More than 192,000 African-born people live in DC and nearby suburbs as of 2019, just shy of the 194,000 African-born in New York. [38] This includes Nigerians with 19,600 residents and Ghanaians with 18,400. [39]
PCC Community Markets is a food cooperative based in Seattle, Washington. With over 114,000 members, it is the largest consumer-owned food cooperative in the United States. [ 3] Both members and non-members may shop at the retail locations, but members receive certain discounts. The organization currently operates fifteen retail locations.
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic minor basilica and national shrine in Washington D.C. It is the largest Catholic church building in North America [2] and is also the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C. [3] [4] [a] Its construction of Byzantine and Romanesque Revival architecture began on 23 September 1920.