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Arlington forms part of the urban conglomeration around - inside the beltway. In , and directly across the Potomac River from D.C. proper, Arlington is one of America's most densely populated regions.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Arlington National Cemetery and Crystal City.

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is in Arlington, Virginia. Just across the Potomac River from , adjacent to the Pentagon, this national military cemetery includes John F.

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is the secondary "downtown" area of Arlington, Virginia, after the Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor. This article also includes the nearby neighborhoods of Pentagon City, Arlington Ridge, and Aurora Highlands.

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The Rosslyn-Ballston corridor is the most densely populated area of Arlington, Virginia.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Southwest Arlington and Far North.

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The southwestern reaches of Arlington, while a bit off the beaten track, is a diverse and up-and coming area. This article covers the area between Arlington Boulevard and I-395.

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The far northern region of Arlington is mainly an upscale residential area, similar to which borders it to the north. Still, there are some points of interest here.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pentagon and US Marine Corps War Memorial.

Military installation
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The is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the from The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II.

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The United States Marine Corps War Memorial is a national memorial located in in Arlington County, Virginia. The memorial was dedicated in 1954 to all Marines who have given their lives in defense of the since 1775.

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The is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the of The memorial is built in a neoclassical style in the form of a classical temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Georgetown and West End.

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is a neighborhood in , south of and west of . It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.

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The of Downtown D.C. is the area immediately west of downtown. This guide focuses on the areas of K Street, the and Foggy Bottom neighborhoods.

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Washington, D.C, the capital of the United States of America and the seat of its three branches of government, has an unparalleled collection of free, public museums, and the lion's share of the nation's most treasured monuments and memorials.

Arlington

Latitude
38.8769° or 38° 52′ 37″ north
Longitude
-77.0893° or 77° 5′ 22″ west
Population
208,000
Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)
Open location code
87C4VWG6+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3957516638
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4744725
Wiki­data ID
Q107126
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yakut—“Arlington” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Arlington County, Virginië”
  • Afrikaans: “Arlington County”
  • Albanian: “Arlington County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة أرلنغتون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة أرلينغتون، فيرجينيا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ارلنغتون، فيرجينيا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه أرلنغتون، فيرجينيا”
  • Armenian: “Արլինգտոն”
  • Asturian: “condáu d’Arlington”
  • Asturian: “Condáu d’Arlington”
  • Azerbaijani: “Arlinqton dairəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Arlinqton”
  • Bashkir: “Арлингтон”
  • Basque: “Arlington konderria”
  • Basque: “Arlington”
  • Basque: “Arlingtongo konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Arlington County, Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Arlington County”
  • Belarusian: “Арлінгтан”
  • Bengali: “আর্লিংটন কাউন্টি, ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bengali: “আর্লিংটন কাউন্টি”
  • Bishnupriya: “আর্লিংটন কাউন্টি, ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “আর্লিংটন কাউন্টি”
  • Bosnian: “Arlington”
  • Bulgarian: “Арлингтън”
  • Burmese: “အာလင်တန် ကောင်တီ”
  • Burmese: “အာလင်တန် ခရိုင်”
  • Catalan: “Arlington”
  • Catalan: “comtat d’Arlington”
  • Catalan: “Comtat d’Arlington”
  • Catalan: “Comtat dArlington”
  • Cebuano: “Arlington County”
  • Cebuano: “Arlington”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئارلینگتۆن کاونتی”
  • Chechen: “Арлингтон”
  • Chinese: “Arlington Kūn”
  • Chinese: “阿灵顿”
  • Chinese: “阿灵顿县”
  • Chinese: “阿靈頓”
  • Chinese: “阿靈頓縣”
  • Chinese: “阿靈頓郡”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Arlington, Virjynni”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Arlington”
  • Czech: “Arlington County”
  • Czech: “Arlington”
  • Danish: “Arlington County”
  • Danish: “Arlington, VA”
  • Danish: “Arlington, Virginia”
  • Dutch: “Arlington County”
  • Dutch: “Arlington, Virginia”
  • Dutch: “Arlington”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة ارلينجتون (ڤيرچينيا)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة ارلينجتون”
  • Esperanto: “Arlington County”
  • Esperanto: “Arlington”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Arlington”
  • Estonian: “Arlingtoni maakond”
  • Faroese: “Arlington”
  • Finnish: “Arlington”
  • Finnish: “Arlingtonin piirikunta”
  • French: “Arlington”
  • French: “comté d’Arlington”
  • French: “Comté d’Arlington”
  • Galician: “Condado de Arlington”
  • Georgian: “არლინგტონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Arlington County”
  • German: “Arlington”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Άρλινγκτον”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Άρλινγκτον”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ארלינגטון”
  • Hungarian: “Arlington megye”
  • Inari Sami: “Arlington pirrâdâhkodde”
  • Indonesian: “Arlington County, Virginia”
  • Indonesian: “Arlington County”
  • Indonesian: “Arlington”
  • Irish: “Contae Arlington”
  • Italian: “Arlington County”
  • Italian: “Arlington”
  • Italian: “contea di Arlington”
  • Italian: “Contea di Arlington”
  • Japanese: “アーリントン”
  • Japanese: “アーリントン郡”
  • Kashmiri: “آرلِنٛگٹن کاؤنٹی، ؤرجیٖنیا”
  • Kashmiri: “آرلِنٛگٹن کاوئنٹی”
  • Korean: “알링턴 군”
  • Korean: “알링턴”
  • Korean: “알링턴군”
  • Ladin: “Arlington (Virginia)”
  • Ladin: “Arlington”
  • Latvian: “Ārlingtonas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Arlingtonas”
  • Low German: “Arlington County”
  • Luxembourgish: “Arlington County”
  • Malay: “Arlington”
  • Malay: “Kaunti Arlington, Virginia”
  • Malay: “Kaunti Arlington”
  • Malayalam: “ആർലിങ്ടൺ, വിർജീനിയ”
  • Malayalam: “ആർലിങ്ടൺ”
  • Manx: “Arlington County”
  • Marathi: “आर्लिंग्टन”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Arlington Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Arlington Kūn”
  • Northern Luri: “آرلینگتون، ڤیرجینیا”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arlington County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arlington fylke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arlington”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arlington County”
  • Norwegian: “Arlington County”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Comtat d’Arlington”
  • Persian: “آرلینگتون، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “ارلینگتون، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آرلینگتون، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آرلینگتون”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ارلینگتون”
  • Polish: “Arlington”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Arlington”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Arlington”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Arlington”
  • Romanian: “Arlington”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Arlington, Virginia”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Arlington”
  • Russian: “Арлингтон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Arlington”
  • Serbian: “Arlington”
  • Serbian: “Арлингтон”
  • Serbian: “Округ Арлингтон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Arlington County, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Arlington”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Okrug Arlington”
  • Silesian: “Hrabstwo Arlington”
  • Slovenian: “Arlington”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Arlington (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “condado de Arlington”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Arlington”
  • Swahili: “Arlington, Virginia”
  • Swahili: “Arlington”
  • Swedish: “Arlington County”
  • Swedish: “Arlington”
  • Tagalog: “Arlington, Virginia”
  • Tagalog: “Arlington”
  • Tajik: “Арлингтон”
  • Tatar: “Аппоматтокс (округ, Виргиния)”
  • Tatar: “Арлингтон”
  • Tumbuka: “Arlington County, Virginia”
  • Tumbuka: “Arlington County”
  • Turkish: “Arlington County, Va.”
  • Turkish: “Arlington County, VA”
  • Turkish: “Arlington County, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Arlington County”
  • Turkish: “Arlington ilçesi, Va.”
  • Turkish: “Arlington ilçesi, VA”
  • Turkish: “Arlington ilçesi, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Arlington ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Арлинґтон”
  • Ukrainian: “Арлінгтон”
  • Ukrainian: “Арлінґтон”
  • Urdu: “آرلنگٹن، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “آرلنگٹن”
  • Uzbek: “Arlington”
  • Venetian: “Arlington”
  • Vietnamese: “Arlington, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Arlington”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Arlington, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Arlington”
  • Volapük: “Arlington County”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Arlington”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Arlington, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Arlington”
  • Welsh: “Arlington County, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Arlington County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ارلنگٹن کاؤنٹی”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿灵顿县（弗吉尼亚州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿灵顿县”
  • Yakut: “Арлиҥтон”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Arlington”. Photo: Protoant, Public domain.