The White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in , it has served as the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national capital was moved from .
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  • Type: Bus stop
  • Description: official residence and office of the President of the United States
  • Also known as: “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue”, “Aedes Albae”, “Bạch Ốc”, “Bela kuća”, “Blianche Maison”, “Det kvite hus”, “Det kvite hus i Washington”, “Det kvite huset i Washington D.C.”, “Domo Blanc”, “Executive Mansion”, “Hvide hus”, “Hvite Hus”, “Kvite hus”, “La Casa Blanca”, “Maisoun bllaunche”, “mansión exclusiva”, “Ostau Blanc”, “President’s House”, “President’s Palace”, “Presidential Mansion”, “Presidents House”, “Presidents Palace”, “State Floor”, “the White House”, “The Witte House”, “Toà Bạch Ốc”, “Tòa Bạch ốc”, “Tòa Bạch Ốc”, “Ty Gwyn”, “Tŷ Gwyn”, “Vaugedpert‘”, “White house”, “White House”, “Wit Huis”, “Y Ty Gwyn”, “Белия дом”, “Бијела кућа”, “בית הלבן”, “די ווייסע הויז”, “ווייט האוז”, “ווייסן הויז”, “ווייסען הויז”, “بيت أبيض”, “بيت ابيض”, “قصر سفید”, “ኋይት ሃውስ”, “व्हाईट हाउस”, “వైట్ హౌజ్”, “వైట్ హౌస్”, “ವೈಟ್ ಹೌಸ್”, “വൈറ്റ്‌ഹൌസ്”, “വൈറ്റ്‌ഹൌസ്‌”, “ไวต์เฮาส์”, “ไวท์เฮาส์”, “화이트하우스”, “アメリカ合衆国大統領府”, “アメリカ大統領府”, “ホワイトハウス・コンプレックス”, “白堊館”, “美国白宫”, and “美國白宮”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: National Mall and The Oval Office.

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The , a national park, is a famous…

Government office
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is the formal working space of the… is situated 1,300 feet west of The White House.

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The is a 555-foot tall obelisk… is situated 2,600 feet south of The White House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown and East End.

Suburb
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is the central business district…

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is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th…

Neighborhood
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The is a neighborhood and business…

The White House

Latitude
38.89648° or 38° 53′ 47″ north
Longitude
-77.03316° or 77° 1′ 59″ west
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
Network
Old Town Trolley
Open location code
87C4VXW8+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 603191077
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­tourist
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­bus_stop
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­platform
Geo­Names ID
4140704
Wiki­data ID
Q35525
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“The White House” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Withuis”
  • Albanian: “Shtëpia e Bardhë”
  • Amharic: “ዋይት ሃውስ”
  • Arabic: “البيت الأبيض”
  • Armenian: “Սպիտակ տուն”
  • Asturian: “Casa Blanca”
  • Aymara: “Janq’u Uta”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ağ Ev”
  • Balinese: “Gedung Putih”
  • Basque: “Etxe Zuria”
  • Bavarian: “Weißes Haus”
  • Belarusian: “Белы дом”
  • Bengali: “হোয়াইট হাউস”
  • Bhojpuri: “व्हाइट हाउस”
  • Bosnian: “Bijela kuća”
  • Breton: “Ti Gwenn”
  • Bulgarian: “Белият дом”
  • Burmese: “အိမ်ဖြူတော်”
  • Catalan: “Casa Blanca”
  • Cebuano: “Balayng Puti”
  • Cebuano: “White House (parke)”
  • Cebuano: “White House”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆشکی سپی”
  • Chechen: “КIайн ЦIа (Вашингтон)”
  • Chechen: “КIайн ЦIа”
  • Chechen: “КӀайн ЦӀа”
  • Cheyenne: “Vo’kome-mâheo’o”
  • Chinese: “白宫”
  • Chinese: “白宮”
  • Chuvash: “Шурă çурт”
  • Corsican: “Casa Bianca”
  • Croatian: “Bijela kuća”
  • Czech: “Bílý dům”
  • Danish: “Det Hvide Hus”
  • Dhivehi: “ހުދު ގަނޑުވަރު”
  • Dhivehi: “ވައިޓް ހައުސް”
  • Dutch: “Witte Huis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “البيت الابيض”
  • Esperanto: “Blanka Domo”
  • Estonian: “Valge Maja”
  • Faroese: “Tað hvíta húsið”
  • Finnish: “Valkoinen talo”
  • French: “Maison Blanche”
  • French: “Maison-Blanche”
  • Fulah: “White House Nazareth”
  • Galician: “Casa Branca”
  • Georgian: “თეთრი სახლი”
  • German: “Weisses Haus”
  • German: “Weißes Haus”
  • Greek: “Λευκός Οίκος”
  • Haitian: “Mezon Blanch”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pa̍k-kiûng”
  • Hausa: “White House”
  • Hebrew: “הבית הלבן”
  • Hindi: “वाइट हाउस”
  • Hindi: “व्हाइट हाउस”
  • Hungarian: “Fehér Ház”
  • Icelandic: “Hvíta húsið”
  • Ido: “Blanka Domo”
  • Iloko: “Balay a Puraw”
  • Indonesian: “Gedung Putih”
  • Interlingua: “Casa Blanc”
  • Irish: “an Teach Bán”
  • Irish: “An Teach Bán”
  • Italian: “Casa Bianca”
  • Japanese: “ホワイトハウス”
  • Javanese: “Gedhung Putih”
  • Javanese: “Gedung Putih”
  • Jèrriais: “Blianche Maîson”
  • Kannada: “ಶ್ವೇತ ಭವನ”
  • Kashmiri: “وایِٹ ہاؤس”
  • Kazakh: “Ақ үй”
  • Kazakh: “Ақ Үй”
  • Kildin Sami: “Вӣллькесь пэ̄ҏҏт”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Perezidansi y’Amerika”
  • Kirghiz: “Ак үй”
  • Kölsch: “Witt Hus”
  • Korean: “백악관”
  • Kurdish: “Koçka Spî”
  • Kurdish: “Qesra Spî”
  • Lao: “ທຳນຽບຂາວ”
  • Latin: “Domus Alba”
  • Latvian: “Baltais nams”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Casa Blanca”
  • Literary Chinese: “白宮”
  • Lithuanian: “Baltieji rūmai”
  • Lombard: “Cà Bianca”
  • Low German: “Witt Huus”
  • Luxembourgish: “Wäisst Haus”
  • Macedonian: “Белата куќа”
  • Maithili: “व्हाइट हाउस”
  • Maithili: “ह्वाइट हाउस”
  • Malay: “Rumah Putih”
  • Malayalam: “വൈറ്റ് ഹൗസ്”
  • Malayalam: “വൈറ്റ്‌ഹൗസ്‌”
  • Manx: “y Thie Bane”
  • Manx: “Y Thie Bane”
  • Marathi: “व्हाइट हाउस”
  • Marathi: “व्हाइट हाऊस”
  • Mazanderani: “اسپه کاخ”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Băh Gṳ̆ng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pe̍h Chhù”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pe̍h Kiong”
  • Mongolian: “Цагаан ордон”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لبيت لبيض”
  • Nepali: “ह्वाइट हाउस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det hvite hus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det kvite huset i Washington, D.C.”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det kvite huset”
  • Norwegian: “Det hvite hus”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ostal Blanc”
  • Ossetian: “Урс хæдзар”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਾਈਟ ਹਾਊਸ”
  • Persian: “کاخ سفید”
  • Picard: “Blanke Moaison”
  • Picard: “Blanke-Moaison”
  • Piemontese: “Ca bianca”
  • Polish: “Biały Dom”
  • Portuguese: “Casa Branca”
  • Pushto: “سپينه ماڼۍ”
  • Romanian: “Casa Albă”
  • Russian: “Белый дом”
  • Scots: “White Hoose”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Taigh Geal”
  • Serbian: “Бела кућа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bijela kuća”
  • Sicilian: “Casa Janca”
  • Sinhala: “ධවල මන්දිරය”
  • Slovak: “Biely dom”
  • Slovenian: “Bela hiša”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آغ ائو”
  • Spanish: “Casa Blanca”
  • Swedish: “Vita huset”
  • Tagalog: “White House”
  • Tajik: “Кохи Сафед”
  • Tamil: “வெள்ளை மாளிகை”
  • Tatar: “Ак йорт”
  • Telugu: “శ్వేత సౌధం”
  • Thai: “ทำเนียบขาว”
  • Turkish: “Beyaz Saray”
  • Turkmen: “Ak Saraý”
  • Uighur: “ئاقساراي”
  • Ukrainian: “Білий дім”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Běły dom”
  • Urdu: “وائٹ ہاؤس”
  • Uzbek: “Oq uy”
  • Uzbek: “Oq Uy”
  • Venetian: “Caza Bianca”
  • Veps: “Vauged Pert‘”
  • Veps: “Vauged Pert’”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà Trắng”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Busag nga Balay”
  • Waray (Philippines): “White House”
  • Welsh: “y Tŷ Gwyn”
  • Welsh: “Y Tŷ Gwyn”
  • Western Armenian: “Սպիտակ Տուն”
  • Western Frisian: “Wite Hûs”
  • Western Panjabi: “وائٹ ہاؤس”
  • Wu Chinese: “白宫”
  • Wu Chinese: “白屋”
  • Yiddish: “ווייסע הויז”
  • Yoruba: “White House”
  • Yue Chinese: “白宮”
  • Zeeuws: “Witte ‘uus”
  • Zeeuws: “Witte ’Uus”
  • “व्हाइट हाउस”

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Places to explore: Penn Quarter and Chinatown.

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Places to explore: 15th St and Pennsylvania Ave NW and Pinea.

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