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The Washington, D.C., area is currently the only metropolitan area in the country where Salvadorans are the majority among Hispanics, and they are most concentrated in the suburbs in Northern Virginia and Maryland. In Washington, D.C., proper, 32 percent of the Hispanic population are Salvadorans, the largest in the city.
St. Mary's City, Maryland is the site of the first Maryland Capitol and remained so for more than 50 years, until 1695, when the state capital was moved to Annapolis. Today Historic St. Mary's City is a major attraction in Maryland with four museums, a reconstructed colonial village, and the reconstructed Maryland Dove settlers ship. It also ...
St. Joseph Seminary in Washington, D.C. St Joseph's, the Josephite seminary, is located in Brookland, Washington, D.C. It is one of the many vaunted Catholic institutions in the area, known today for its significant Church influence and presence.
The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the D.C. area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), is the metropolitan area centered around Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States.
Colorful cemetery San Miguel, El Salvador The culture of El Salvador is a Central American culture nation influenced by the clash of ancient Mesoamerica and medieval Iberian Peninsula . Salvadoran culture is influenced by Native American culture ( Lenca people , Cacaopera people , Maya peoples , Pipil people ) as well as Latin American culture ...
Tourism is among the DC region's largest and most important industries. In 2019, the city attracted 24.6 million tourists, including 1.8 million from foreign countries. Collectively, tourists spent $8.15 billion during their stay. [40] The city and wider Washington region has a diverse array of attractions for tourists.
Chuck Brown performing go-go music Jazzist Duke Ellington, shown here performing in Washington in 1946, is among the most prominent musicians to come from DC. D.C. has its own native music genre, called go-go , a musical subgenre that is a blend of funk, blues, and rhythm, and old-school hip-hop that originated in the Washington, D.C., area in ...
The Saint Michaels Historic District encompasses the historic center of Saint Michaels, Maryland. The town, which has about 1,000 permanent residents, is on a tributary to the Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. After over 100 years as a center for trade and shipbuilding, the community was incorporated as a town in 1805.