WASHINGTON DC

Washington D. C is the capital of the United States of America. This is a different entity from the 50 states that make up the nation, and reports directly to the federal government of the United States. The District of Columbia was founded on July 16, 1790, and was founded in 1791, within the District, a new city called Washington, east of the existing Georgetown. In 1871 he united the governments of these two cities and other towns of the district into a single entity, DC.

Washington was born as a planned city, and was developed in the late eighteenth century to serve as the permanent national capital, after several towns will hold the position since the country's independence in 1776, while the federal district was formed to make the difference between the national capital and the states.


 The city was named after George Washington, first president of the United States. The name of the district, Columbia, is the poetic name of the United States, in reference to Christopher Columbus (Christopher Columbus called in English), discoverer of America. The city is commonly known as Washington, the District (the District) or simply DC In the nineteenth century is also known as the Federal City or Washington City.