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The Cloisters, also known as the Met Cloisters, is a museum in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City. The museum, situated in Fort Tryon Park , specializes in European medieval art and architecture , with a focus on the Romanesque and Gothic periods.
On July 16, 1790, the Residence Act provided for a new permanent capital to be located on the Potomac River, the exact area to be selected by President Washington.As permitted by the U.S. Constitution, the initial shape of the federal district was a square, measuring 10 miles (16 km) on each side, totaling 100 square miles (260 km 2).
Since the enactment of the 23rd amendment to the Constitution in 1961, [1] the District of Columbia has participated in 16 presidential elections.The amendment states that it cannot have any more electoral votes than the state with the smallest number of electors. [2]
As of 2011, 85% of D.C. residents age 5 and older spoke English at home as a primary language. [147] Half of residents had at least a four-year college degree in 2006. [142] In 2017, the median household income in D.C. was $77,649; [148] also in 2017, D.C. residents had a personal income per capita of $50,832 (higher than any of the 50 states).
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.The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east.
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The residents hosts some 10,000 people annually for receptions, cocktails, cultural events, and other occasions. [ 9 ] It is designated as one of many contributing properties to the Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District , [ 13 ] a historic district roughly bounded by Connecticut Avenue , N.W., Florida Avenue , N.W., 22nd Street, N.W., P Street, N ...