Dupont Circle
Dupont Circle is an affluent historic neighborhood in Washington D.C. Essentially forming the city's Midtown, it is a hub for tourists and locals from across the city alike.
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
National Geographic Society
Government building
The National Geographic Society, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world. Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Phillips Collection
Museum
The Phillips Collection is an art museum founded by Duncan Phillips and Marjorie Acker Phillips in 1921 as the Phillips Memorial Gallery located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Phillips was the grandson of James H. Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
University
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is a division of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., United States, with campuses in Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China. Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Matthews Church
Church
The Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington D.C., most commonly known as St. Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
- Categories: traffic circle, neighborhood of Washington, D.C., urban park, gay village, square, heritage site, historic site and locality
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- Neighbors: West End
Localities in the Area
West End
The West End of Downtown D.C. is the area immediately west of downtown. Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights
Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C, the capital of the United States of America and the seat of its three branches… Photo: Peterfitzgerald, CC BY-SA 3.0.Dupont Circle
Latitude
38.9109° or 38° 54' 39" northLongitude
-77.0427° or 77° 2' 34" westElevation
79 feet (24 metres)Open Location Code
87C4WX64+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 158467370GeoNames ID
4138321Also Known As
- Catalan: Dupont Circle
- Chinese: 杜邦圆环
- Dutch: Dupont Circle
- English: Dupont Cir
- English: Dupont Cir NW
- English: Dupont Circle NW
- English: Pacific Circle
- French: Dupont Circle
- French: Rond-point Dupont
- German: Dupont Circle
- Hebrew: כיכר דופונט
- Japanese: デュポンサークル
- Japanese: デュポン・サークル
- Korean: 듀폰트서클
- Latin: Circulus Dupont
- Latin: Dupont Circulus
- Norwegian: Dupont Circle
- Norwegian Bokmål: Dupont Circle
- Portuguese: Dupont Circle
- Portuguese: Dupont Circle (Washington, D.C.)
- Spanish: Círculo Dupont
- Spanish: Dupont Circle
- Urdu: ڈوپونٹ سرکل
- Slashes
- West End
Other Places Named Dupont Circle
- Dupont Circle stationMetro station in Washington, D.C., United States
- SlashesRailway stop in Washington, D.C., United States
- Dupont Circle Metro StationRailway stop in Washington, D.C., United States
In the Area
Localities
- Golden TriangleNeighborhood
- Kalorama HeightsNeighborhood
- Logan CircleNeighborhood
- Adams MorganNeighborhood
Landmarks
- Whittemore HouseBuilding
- Embassy of JamaicaGovernment office
- Embassy of Mozambique, Washington, D.C.Government office
- Embassy of ArgentinaGovernment office
Popular Destinations in Washington, D.C.
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