Also known as
  • The District of Columbia,
  • U.S. Capital,
  • District of Columbia,
  • Washington, DC,
  • DC,
  • Washington,
  • Washington D.C.,
  • Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. (formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C.) is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington used to be a separate municipality within the District of Columbia. An Act of Congress in 1871 created a single government for the entire federal territory, effectively merging the City and the District into a single entity. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the... full article at wikipedia
ISO 3166-2 Code
  • US-DC
FIPS 10-4 Region Code
  • US11
Official symbols
Population
number
date
  • 581,530
  • 2006
GDP (nominal)
currency
amount
valid date
  • 93,819,000,000.0
  • 2007
GDP (nominal per capita)
Religions
religion
percent of population
as of date
  • 27.0
  • 2002
  • 1.0
  • 2002
  • 1.0
  • 2002
  • 1.0
  • 2002
  • 13.0
  • 2002
  • 1.0
  • 2002
  • 19.0
  • 2002
  • 2.0
  • 2002
  • 6.0
  • 2002
  • 8.0
  • 2002
CO2 emissions - total
emissions
date
  • 1.20436ppm
  • 2007
CO2 emissions - residential
emissions
date
  • 0.2549ppm
  • 2007
CO2 emissions - commercial
emissions
date
  • 0.28822ppm
  • 2007
CO2 emissions - industrial
emissions
date
  • 0.00228ppm
  • 2007
CO2 emissions - mobile
emissions
date
  • 0.58673ppm
  • 2007
Automobiles per capita
Places exported to
Places imported from
Major exports
Major imports
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