Washington, D.C., abbreviated as Washington, the capital of the United States, close to Virginia and Maryland, located in the northeast of the United States, the Central Atlantic region, was established in 1790 as the capital, by the United States Congress directly administered by the special administrative region, so it does not belong to any state of the United States.

Capital naming

In honor of Columbus' discovery of the New Continent, President Washington named the Special District Columbus. The new capital was not yet built, and Washington died in 1799. The federal government and Congress named the new capital Washington when it was built in the following year (1800). What is commonly called the "capital", which refers to the territory occupied by federal government agencies; such as the "Columbia District", which refers to the territory occupied by the inhabitants. The area occupied by government agencies, approximately 1/2 of the area of the Special District.

After the founding of the United States, there was a dispute over the location of the capital. The North hoped to set the capital in New York, while the South hoped to set the capital in the South.

Washington District of Columbia.

Conceded and built a new city in the south of the United States not far from the north to serve as the capital of the United States. The geographical location was determined by James Madison (1751-1836, fourth President of the United States) and Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1757-July 12, 1804, one of the drafters of the Constitution and the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States) and Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743-July 4, 1826, the third President of the United States of America. He was also the main drafter of the U.S. Declaration of Independence) and discussed it at a dinner party. The "Federal" City at that time was planned as a diamond-shaped area of 100 square miles. Its actual location on the Potomac River was decided by President Washington, who himself recommended that the U.S. capital be called the Federal City. But on September 9, 1791, the capital of the United States was named Washington. Although Washington himself lives in Mount Vernon, not far from Washington, he rarely visits Washington City.