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  2. District of Columbia retrocession - Wikipedia

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    District of Columbia retrocession. District of Columbia retrocession is the act of returning some or all of the land that had been ceded to the federal government of the United States for the purpose of creating its federal district for the new national capital, which was moved from Philadelphia to what was then called the City of Washington in ...

  3. District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority - Wikipedia

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    The utility also provides wholesale wastewater treatment services to several adjoining municipalities in Maryland and Virginia, and maintains more than 9,000 public fire hydrants in Washington, D.C. DC Water was founded in 1996 when the city government and the U.S. federal government established it as an independent authority of the city's ...

  4. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority - Wikipedia

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    The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority ( MWAA) is an independent airport authority, created with the consent of the United States Congress to oversee management, operations, and capital development of the two major airports serving the U.S. national capital: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International ...

  5. Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    dc .gov. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly called 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. Washington, D.C., was named for George Washington, a ...

  6. M.C. Dean, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    M.C. Dean, Inc. is a design-build and systems integration corporation for complex, mission-critical organizations. Started in 1949 as a small electrical firm, it has since grown to 5,800 employees and a revenue of approximately $1.3 Billion. It’s headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, United States, and has over 30 other offices, including ...

  7. Alexandria, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third largest "principal city" of the Washington metropolitan area which is part of the larger Washington-Baltimore combined statistical area.

  8. Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, [a] is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The state's capital is Richmond and its most populous city is Virginia Beach, though its most populous subdivision is Fairfax County, part of Northern ...

  9. Portal:Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    P:DC. P:WASHINGTONDC. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly called Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. Washington, D.C., was named for George Washington, a ...