whats's up with washington d.c?

Question

What state is washington d.c in? it's not in maryland or virginia, so where is it? i'm confused!

Answer 1

Washington DC stands on its own, nestled between Maryland and Virginia. It is not a part of either state.

As their license plates say "Taxation without Representation".

Answer 2

I currently reside in the District. Washington DC is a federal district that was originally placed near the Potomac River being taken from land originally part of Maryland and Virginia. Years later, Virginia got its original land back and now Washington DC is located on land once part of Maryland. DC is not a part of any state, but has a local government to provide a police department, education department, transportation department and so on. However Congress also has control over DC as well. The residents can vote in Presidential elections and local government elections, but have no representation in the congress aside from a non-voting delegate. It is named after George Washington. Columbia is an old term for America deriving from Christopher Columbus.

Answer 3

The short answer is: It's not in ANY state. "D.C." stands for the District of Columbia. It is a district, basically a separate city, although its suburbs are in Maryland and Virginia.

Continue for the long answer: Its local goverment has much of the same responsibility of a city - roads, schools, trash removal for example - as well as state government responsibilities, for example they have their own DMV and license plates. Their local government gets a lot of federal money (in theory because so much property in DC is federally owned and therefore not able to have local property tax income). The most controversial part of their government is that the people who live in the city - over half a million - get almost no representation in Congress. They have one delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives who can not vote on bills, only can debate on the floor. They do not have a U.S. senator. Many citizens, with whom I agree, argue that they pay federal income taxes and should have more representation. (Their license plates say at the bottom "taxation without representation"). Basically the city is an unusual case and hard to explain.

Answer 4

DC is a Federal district, part of no state, the only city in the US that does not belong to a state. The poster above who says we residents of DC do not have citizenship is wrong--- we are American citizens. We have a vote in the Electoral College (2 actually) but we do not have a voting senator or congressman or representative. We pay Federal taxes, though, so we are definitely an example of Taxation Without Representation. Our Congresswoman goes to Congressional sessions and serves on Committees just like any other Congresswoman/Congressman but she cannot vote on any of the issues, bills, anything.

Answer 5

Washington D.C. is not in a state. It's in the District of Columbia.

Answer 6

Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. "D.C." is an abbreviation for the District of Columbia, the federal district coextensive with the city of Washington. The city is named after George Washington, military leader of the American Revolution and the first President of the United States.

I believe its in Maryland.

Answer 7

Its a district in Md. Its about an hour from baltimore

Answer 8

Washington isn't a state, perhaps is just a piece of land that has the white house and some other governmental offices. People who born in Washington don't have even the American citizenship.

Answer 9

It's not in a state. It's it's own thing. It is the DISTRICT of COLUMBIA

Answer 10

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