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name = Central Washington, D.C. Name used in the default map caption; image = Location map Washington, D.C. central.png The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 38.9135 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 38.8725 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = -77.0583 Longitude at left edge of ...
It was reported that in the lead-up to the APEC forum in Sydney held in September 2007 certain key locations in images of the city's central business district, where APEC leaders were meeting, might have been intentionally reduced in resolution; however, Google has indicated that the change was unrelated to APEC, while the NSW police said that ...
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name = Washington, D.C. Name used in the default map caption; image = Location map Washington DC Cleveland Park to Southwest Waterfront.png The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 38.9375 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 38.8591 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = -77.0886
Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States. The "Traditional Downtown" has been defined as an area roughly between Union Station in the east and 16th Street NW in the west, and between the National Mall on the south and Massachusetts Avenue on the north, including Penn Quarter.
Map showing the location of Washington, D.C. in relation to its bordering states of Maryland and Virginia Washington, D.C. is located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States at 38°53′42″N 77°02′11″W / 38.89500°N 77.03639°W / 38.89500; -77.03639 , the coordinates of the Zero Milestone , on The Ellipse
[clarification needed] Originally, the District of Columbia was a near-perfect square but contained more than one settlement; the Capitol was to be the center of the City of Washington. Thus, the Capitol was never located at the geographic center of the whole territory, which was eventually north of the Potomac River, consolidated into one city.
Facsimile of manuscript of Peter Charles L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the federal capital city (United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1887). [2] L'Enfant's plan for Washington, D.C., as revised by Andrew Ellicott in 1792 Thackara & Vallance's 1792 print of Ellicott's "Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia", showing street names, lot numbers, depths of the Potoma River and ...