Local time
Sun, 1:20 AM EDTAmerica/New_YorkCityCapital
Washington, D.C.
38.90° N, 77.01° W
- Population
- 4,338,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 10 of 420
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 420 cities of United States of America in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of United States of America, so this is not a national ranking.
- Federal District
- District of Columbia
- Natural Earth marks this city as the capital of a first-level administrative unit; the unit is the one whose boundary contains the city.
- Founded
- 1790
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 72 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Washington, D.C., from the same records as the rest of this page.
Country
United States of AmericaCountry profileOn the ground
No mapped places yetDistricts not mappedNo places in Washington, D.C. have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Its name comes from George Washington, the first president of the United States.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
