Chinatown

's Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood in Washington, D.C., United States
  • Also known as: “Chinatown (Washington, D.C.)”, “Chinatown, Washington, D.C.”, and “D.C. Chinatown”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Mall and Capital One Arena.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the rapid transit station of the Washington Metro.

Museum
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The is an art museum in , United States. Founded in 1962 and opened in 1968, it is part of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Downtown.

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is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Neighborhood
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is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of , located in Northwest D.C. The majority of is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.

Chinatown

Latitude
38.90033° or 38° 54′ 1″ north
Longitude
-77.0212° or 77° 1′ 16″ west
Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)
Open location code
87C4WX2H+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158431204
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
4138027
Wiki­data ID
Q4404065
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Chinatown” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “唐人街”
  • Chinese: “華府華埠”
  • Dutch: “Chinatown”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉina Kvartalo”
  • French: “Chinatown”
  • German: “Chinatown”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chinatown”
  • Norwegian: “Chinatown”
  • Scots: “Chinatown”
  • Slovenian: “Chinatown”
  • Urdu: “چائنا ٹاؤن”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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