Union Square

Union Square is an 11-acre public plaza at the foot of in , United States. It encompasses the and the 6-acre and is just west of the building.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park at the western front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “The Mall, Union Square”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.

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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.

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The , often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government.

Museum
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The is an art museum in , United States, located on the , between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Chinatown.

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is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.

Neighborhood
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's 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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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.

Union Square

Latitude
38.88978° or 38° 53′ 23″ north
Longitude
-77.01381° or 77° 0′ 50″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
87C4VXQP+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41965225
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
4140809
Wiki­data ID
Q16902305
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Satellite Map

Discover Union Square from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Hebrew—“Union Square” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Union Square (parke sa Estados Unidos, District of Columbia)”
  • Cebuano: “Union Square”
  • Chinese: “联合广场”
  • French: “Union Square”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר יוניון”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Capitol Hill and Penn Quarter.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S Grant Memorial.

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