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                              Washington, D.C.

            The United States is a federal union, which is  made  up  of  50
states and  one  independent  district  –  the  District  of  Columbia.  The
District of Columbia is the territory of the national capital  of  the  USA,
Washington, with its own laws and regulations. Washington, D.C. is  situated
on both banks of the Potomac river, between the  two  states,  Maryland  and
Virginia.
            This place was chosen by the  first  American  President  George
Washington. In 1790 George Washington laid the corner-stone of  the  Capitol
where the Congress sits. The place was called the District  of  Columbia  in
honour of Columbus, the discoverer of America. The capital got the  name  of
Washington after the name of its founder. Washington has  been  the  federal
capital since 1800.
            Washington is sometimes called the heart of America. It  is  the
capital where the federal government works and where each President  of  the
United States lives. Washington is smaller in size than the  largest  cities
of the USA. The population of Washington is about  11  million  people.  The
buildings in Washington are not  very  tall  because  no  building  must  be
taller than the Capitol. But in political sense Washington is the centre  of
the country and the most important city in the United States.

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