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Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill 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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 15,100 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Washington, D.C., USA
  • Also known as: “Capitol Hill Historic District”, “Capitol Hill, DC”, and “The Hill”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include United States Capitol and Union Station.

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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.

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Washington , known locally as , is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Designed by Daniel Burnham and opened in 1907, it is Amtrak's second-busiest station and North America's 13th-busiest railroad station.

Library
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The is an independent research library on Capitol Hill in , United States. It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period in Britain and Europe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterfront and East End.

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The is just south of the . In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.

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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.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.

Capitol Hill

Latitude
38.889° or 38° 53′ 20″ north
Longitude
-77.00025° or 77° 0′ 1″ west
Population
15,100
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Open location code
87C4VXQX+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158502198
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4137919
Wiki­data ID
Q2305815
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Satellite Map

Discover Capitol Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Capitol Hill” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كابيتول هيل، واشنطن دي سي”
  • Arabic: “كابيتول هيل”
  • Azerbaijani: “Capitol Hill”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kapitol Hill”
  • Catalan: “Capitol Hill”
  • Chinese: “Capitol Hill”
  • Chinese: “国会山”
  • Chinese: “國會山”
  • Chinese: “國會山莊”
  • Czech: “Capitol Hill”
  • Dutch: “Capitol Hill”
  • Estonian: “Capitol Hill”
  • Finnish: “Capitol Hill”
  • French: “Capitol Hill”
  • Galician: “Capitol Hill”
  • German: “Capitol Hill”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת הקפיטול”
  • Hebrew: “וושינגטון די. סי./גבעת הקפיטול”
  • Italian: “Capitol Hill”
  • Japanese: “キャピトル・ヒル”
  • Japanese: “キャピトルヒル”
  • Korean: “캐피틀힐”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Capitol Hill”
  • Norwegian: “Capitol Hill”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Capitol Hill”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Heafodburh Hylle”
  • Persian: “کاپیتال هیل”
  • Persian: “کپیتال هیل”
  • Polish: “Capitol Hill”
  • Portuguese: “Capitol Hill”
  • Portuguese: “Colina do Capitólio”
  • Russian: “Капитолийский холм”
  • Scots: “Capitol Hill”
  • Slovenian: “Capitol Hill”
  • Spanish: “Capitol Hill”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Capitol Hill”
  • Swedish: “Capitol Hill”
  • Turkish: “Capitol Hill”
  • Urdu: “کیپٹل ہل”
  • Vietnamese: “Capitol Hill”
  • Wu Chinese: “国会山”

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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 “Capitol Hill”. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.