All About Washington, District of Columbia

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 was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity called the District of Columbia. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C. The city is located on the north bank of the Potomac River and is bordered by the states of Virginia to the southwest and Maryland to the other sides. The District has a resident population of 591,833; because of commuters from the surrounding suburbs, its population rises to over one million during the workweek. The Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a population of 5.3 million, the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the country.

Restaurants In Washington, District of Columbia
	Charlie Palmer Steak (Restaurant) 101 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC (202) 547-8100	Poste Moserne Brasserie and Bar (Restaurant) 555 8th Street Northwest, Washington, DC (202) 783-6060
	Grand Deli & Cafe (Restaurant) 300 E St SW # 3, Washington, DC (202) 554-8826	Tortilla Coast (Restaurant) 400 1st Street Southeast, Washington, DC (202) 546-6768
	Station 4 (Restaurant) 1101 4th Street Southwest, Washington, DC (202) 488-0987	Bullfeathers (Restaurant) 410 1st Street Southeast, Washington, DC (202) 484-0228
	Rasika (Restaurant) 633 D Street Northwest, Washington, DC (202) 637-1222	CityZen (Restaurant) 1330 Maryland Avenue Southwest, Washington, DC (202) 787-6006

Hotels In Washington, District of Columbia
	Morrison-Clark Historic Inn & Restaurant (Hotel) 1015 L Street Northwest, Washington, DC (202) 898-1200	Hotel George, a Kimpton Hotel (Hotel) 15 E Street Northwest, Washington, DC (202) 347-4200
	The Henley Park Hotel (Hotel) 926 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC (202) 638-5200	Capitol Skyline Hotel (Hotel) 10 I Street Southwest, Washington, DC (202) 488-7500
	State Plaza Hotel (Hotel) 2117 E Street Northwest, Washington, DC (202) 861-8200	Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel (Hotel) 999 9th Street Northwest, Washington, DC (202) 898-9000
	L'Enfant Plaza Hotel (Hotel) 480 L'Enfant Plaza Southwest, Washington, DC (202) 484-1000	Hotel Monaco (Hotel) 700 F Street Northwest, Washington, DC (202) 628-7177