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    The District of Columbia has a mayor–council government that operates under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia...
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    formally the District of Columbia and commonly called Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac...
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    territorial government for the whole District of Columbia. Though Congress repealed the territorial government in 1874, the legislation was the first to...
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    The Council of the District of Columbia (often abbreviated as the D.C. Council) is the legislative branch of the government of the District of Columbia...
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    The mayor of the District of Columbia is the head of the executive branch of the government of the District of Columbia. The mayor has the duty to enforce...
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    District of Columbia home rule is the District of Columbia residents' ability to govern their local affairs. As the federal capital, the Constitution grants...
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    The Superior Court of the District of Columbia, commonly referred to as DC Superior Court, is the trial court for the District of Columbia, in the United...
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    District of Columbia to local government, furthering District of Columbia home rule. In particular, it includes the District Charter (also called the...
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    Voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in the 50 U.S. states. The United States Constitution grants...
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    Commissioners of the Federal City as listed below. With the passage of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, the District was brought under the direct...
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    The District of Columbia statehood movement is a political movement that advocates making the District of Columbia a U.S. state, to provide the residents...
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    The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is a public historically black land-grant university in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1851 and...
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    The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is the highest court of the District of Columbia, the capital city of the United States. The court was established...
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    The District of Columbia's at-large congressional district is a congressional district encompassing all of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United...
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    The District of Columbia (a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C.) holds general elections every two years to fill various D.C. government...
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    The District of Columbia was created in 1801 as the federal district of the United States, with territory previously held by the states of Maryland and...
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    The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a federal district court in Washington, D.C. Along with the...
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  • District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It ruled that the Second Amendment...
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    vote by the residents on a 2014 ballot initiative. The United States Congress exercises oversight over the government of the District of Columbia, preventing...
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    The District of Columbia and United States Territories quarters were a series of six quarters minted by the United States Mint in 2009 to honor the District...
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    British Columbia is the third-most populous province in Canada, with 5,000,879 residents as of 2021, and is the second-largest in land area, at 920,687 km2...
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    District of Columbia retrocession is the act of returning some or all of the land that had been ceded to the federal government of the United States for...
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    by an Act of Congress "to procure a design for a distinctive flag for the District of Columbia". The District Flag Commission was composed of three non-elected...
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    The history of Washington, D.C., is tied to its role as the capital of the United States. The site of the District of Columbia along the Potomac River...
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    The Secretary of the District of Columbia is one of the officers of the Government of the District of Columbia. The position of Secretary of the District...
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    Map all coordinates in "Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia" using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX...
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    emergency medical service for the District of Columbia, in the United States. An organ of the devolved district government, Fire & EMS is responsible for...
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  • USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826) will be the lead boat of the United States Navy's Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines and the Navy's first...
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    amendments to the Municipal Act. Until the creation of regional districts, the only local form of government in British Columbia were incorporated municipalities...
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  • The District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) is the public library system for Washington, D.C. The system includes 26 individual libraries including...
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