Washington
About Washington
Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly known as simply Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River across from Virginia and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. It was named after George Washington, a Founding Father and the first president of the United States. The district is named for Columbia, the female personification of the nation, through which human form and attributes are applied to the United States.
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If you send a letter to any US zip code beginning 202, 203, 204 or 205, it is irradiated before it arrives, because those are the Washington DC codes around the federal agencies.
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