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  • The District of Columbia (U.S. federal district) is the federal capital of the United States of America. The City of Washington used to be a municipality within the District of Columbia until 1871 when two entities were merged. For this reason, the district is also generally known as Washington, D.C. This District of Columbia is not contained within the boundaries of any state, and is included together with the states in many listings such as censuses and economic statistics broken down by state.

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