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  2. List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Codes and abbreviations for U.S. states, federal district, territories, and other regions. Codes: ISO. ISO 3166 codes ( 2-letter, 3-letter, and 3-digit codes from ISO 3166-1; 2+2-letter codes from ISO 3166-2 ) ANSI. 2-letter and 2-digit codes from the ANSI standard INCITS 38 :2009 (supersedes FIPS 5-2 ) USPS.

  3. Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Website. dc .gov. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. [13] The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. It was named for George Washington, the first ...

  4. Federal Information Processing Standard state code - Wikipedia

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    The FIPS state alpha code for each U.S. states and the District of Columbia are identical to the postal abbreviations by the United States Postal Service. From September 3, 1987, the same was true of the alpha code for each of the outlying areas, with the exception of U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (UM) as the USPS routes mail for these islands ...

  5. Washington metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the D.C. area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia ), is the metropolitan area centered around Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States. The metropolitan area includes all of ...

  6. Outline of Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Outline of Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., legally named the District of Columbia, in the United States of America, was founded on July 16, 1790, after the inauguration of City of Washington, the new capital of the country. The area given to District of Columbia, was originally 100 square miles (259 km 2) ceded by the states of Maryland and ...

  7. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    "Washington, D.C.", or "Washington, DC", may be used in tables whether or not other state postal codes appear. Never use "Washington D.C." (without a comma). Saint (or Sainte ) versus the St and St. (or Ste. ) abbreviations in placenames should follow the most common rendering found in reliable sources for that particular locale; this will most ...

  8. List of airports serving Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (IATA: DCA), a public airport serving Washington, D.C., which opened in 1941. College Park Airport (IATA: CGS), a public airport serving the College Park/Riverdale Park/University Park area is also the oldest, still operating public airport in the United States. Stafford Regional Airport (FAA: RMN), a ...

  9. Geography of Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    The topography of Washington, D.C. is highly similar to the physical geography of much of Maryland. The city has three significant natural flowing bodies of water: the Potomac River and two tributaries, the Anacostia River and Rock Creek. The confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia forms the historic peninsula known as Arsenal Point.