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Washington

Capital of United States

Watercolour of Washington, United States. The federal capital of the United States, with Washington Monument and United States Capitol.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Washington Monument; United States Capitol; Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool; Thomas Jefferson Memorial; White House; Tidal Basin and the Potomac River; Smithsonian Institution; Arlington Memorial Bridge
Viewpoint
Favor the classic elevated viewpoint from across the Tidal Basin or from the western approaches looking east along the National Mall, showing the water and cherry trees in the foreground, the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument in the middle-ground, and the US Capitol dome rising gently on the distant horizon.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the expansive lawns of the National Mall, elms lining Constitution Avenue, cherry trees along the Tidal Basin, and Potomac riverbank woods.
Guarded against
Not a generic American city or commercial high-rise skyline
Population689,545Wikidata: 8,144
Coordinates38.90°N, 77.04°W
Elevation72 m
Area177 km²
Time zoneAmerica/New_YorkUTC−5
Solar noon12:08clock runs 0.1 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Washington and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Augusta, Australia — 1,201 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

PhiladelphiaUS199 km
New York CityUS328 km
BrooklynUS328 km
ManhattanUS335 km
QueensUS337 km
The BronxUS347 km
TorontoCA570 km
OttawaCA732 km

Twinned cities

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