WASHINGTON, DC
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Fast facts about Washington, DC | ||
| Population: 568,800 Area: 158 km2 |
Largest city: - Capitol: - |
Lowest point: ? Highest point: 125 m
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| Washington, DC, is the capitol of USA. The city has a special status; it is not a state but a district; DC means District of Columbia, and the area is "squeezed in between the states Maryland and Virginia. | There is (of course) a special atmosphere in the city because USA, one of the most important countries in the world, is ruled from here. There is a lot of security everywhere, probably also because of the war in Iraq, when we were there. But there is also a lot of openness, for example it is possible to seand hear the debattes in the Senat. | There is a lot of museums in DC, and they are, like most other attractions, free. You have to get up early to get at ticket for later the same day. Visited in 2003 and 2006. |
Capitol Hill (129 kb) |
Capitol Hill (57 kb) |
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Capitol Hill (150 kb) |
White House (80 kb) |
White House (200 kb) |
Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool seen from Washington Monument (177 kb) |
Lincoln Memorial (60 kb) |
The statue of Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln Memorial (23 kb) |
National Air and Space Museum (59 kb) |
National Air and Space Museum (42 kb) |
Among other things Museum of Natural History has the petrified skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex (51 kb) |
Museum of Natural History (75 kb) |
Washington Monument (29 kb) |
Washington Monument (41 kb) |
Reflecting Pool seen from Lincoln Memorial (57 kb) |
Arlington Cemetery (74 kb) |
Arlington Cemetery (101 kb) |
Union Station today also is a shopping mall (66 kb) |
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