Where is the Capitol of the United States located?

The official name is the District of Columbia, an independent territory that does not belong to any of the states. The city was founded in 1791 and is named after George Washington, the first American president. Since 1871, Washington, along with Georgetown and a number of other territories, is united in the District of Columbia (English, District of Columbia, abbreviated to D.C.). The boundaries of the district coincide with the city, so the Americans, in order not to confuse the city with the same state in the north-west of the country, usually call the city "Washington DC".

As of 2016, the population is estimated at 681,170, which is raised to more than one million during the work week by commuters from the nearby Maryland and Virginia suburbs.

The supreme authority over the city is held by congress. But the city has had a locally elected mayor and a council of 13 since 1973.

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Steven Iniguez

Capitol is a building not the Capital city...

Kay Agnew

Player, capital refers to money

mapiferuk

Mike McEachern, Why? everyone here is not a USA citizen

Player

There is a building called the capitol building in the nation's capital.

wordster

Coral Harvey, JFK was not shot on Capitol hill, he was murdered on the streets of downtown Dallas, Texas, in broad daylight, in front of hundreds of witnesses.

Mike McEachern

Depressing to think that anyone wouldn't know that the US Capitol is in the District of Columbia. This ranks up there with the usual dumbed-down quizzes on this site.

Suresh Kumar Aggarwal

Capitol should be corrected as CAPITAL

Armadillo

WYcowboy0360, I so hope they get it right.

Coral Harvey

I got confused over Capitol hill where JFK was shot Thank you for interesting facts about Columbia

Player

I took it to mean the Capitol Building.

Marianne Frederick Halterman

Capital vs. Capitol. When the word Capitol is capitalized, it refers to the United States Capitol, a building in Washington, DC, that hosts Congress, the legislative branch of the US federal government. Both capital and capitol are derived from the Latin root caput, meaning “head.” Capital evolved from the words capitālis,...