2007-12-17 14:08:21 · 13 answers · asked by Mohammad M 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Washington, D.C.
Washington is the city. Columbia is the District. it is purposely NOT located in any state...so no state can claim to be the capitol...the District of columbia is an independent district with its own government.
2007-12-17 14:40:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
DC is not in a state. This is why DC is the District of Columbia. They do not fall under any of the states governing laws, which is great, because that way, no 1 state can control it
2007-12-18 08:11:34 · answer #2 · answered by livin the dream 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
/ Washington, "District" of Columbia is a district.
The founding fathers of the United States Government declared that the seat of the government should be in an area separate from the states to allow for separate entity.
That is why there is no representation, but taxation.
2007-12-21 07:26:55 · answer #3 · answered by kNOTaLIAwyR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washington D.C. is not in a state...it's in the District of Columbia. D.C. is bordered by Maryland and Virginia, but DC is its own area.
2007-12-17 14:13:43 · answer #4 · answered by bruiserkc2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
DC is not a state, it is a city. Both Maryland and Virginia gave up land to create the nation's capitol city, which is a complete square.
2007-12-17 17:43:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not actually part of any state. it is located on land that originally belonged to virginia and maryland. though is technically the district of columbia. the district is representated in the house of reps in the federal government, but they have no voting rights. and they have no reps in the senate.
so to answer the question, they are not part of any state. but located between maryland and virginia.
2007-12-17 15:03:16 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not located in any state. it is in the district of columbia which is situated between maryland and virginia areas. its a really beautiful area by the way, one of my favorites in the country
2007-12-17 14:22:21 · answer #7 · answered by the_kid_doesnt_care 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The D.C. stands for District Of Columbia.
It is not a state and not part of any state. It is between VA and MD and is the seat of the U.S. Government
2007-12-19 11:09:19 · answer #8 · answered by lenny.wise 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Taxation without representation! It's not located in a state, as it is a separate entity of its own.
2007-12-20 06:41:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washigton D.C. is located in the 'State of mind'
Know what Im talkin about?
2007-12-17 14:25:44 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋