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Dupont Circle

Dupont Circle is an affluent historic neighborhood in Washington D.C. It is known for its beautiful Victorian homes, walkability, and has offices, civic institutions, hotels, night clubs, bars, cafes, art galleries, and shops.
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  • Type: Suburb with 23,200 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “Dupont Cir”, “Dupont Cir NW”, “Dupont Circle NW”, “Pacific Circle”, “Slashes”, and “West End”
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights include The White House and Phillips Collection.

Government building
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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 .

Museum
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The is an art museum located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of The museum was founded by art collectors Duncan Phillips and Marjorie Acker Phillips in 1921 as the Phillips Memorial Gallery.

Government office
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The in is the diplomatic mission of to the , located near Embassy Row in The embassy is located at 2225 R Street, NW in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West End and Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights.

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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.

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.

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is a neighborhood in north-central Washington D.C. just east of Dupont Circle and south of and . Although it has a diverse population, is distinctive from the adjacent areas due to its African-American heritage.

Dupont Circle

Latitude
38.91094° or 38° 54′ 39″ north
Longitude
-77.04273° or 77° 2′ 34″ west
Population
23,200
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
87C4WX64+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158467370
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4138321
Wiki­data ID
Q1266597
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Satellite Map

Discover Dupont Circle from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Dupont Circle” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Dupont Circle”
  • Chinese: “杜邦圆环”
  • Dutch: “Dupont Circle”
  • French: “Dupont Circle”
  • French: “rond-point Dupont”
  • 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 Bokmål: “Dupont Circle”
  • Norwegian: “Dupont Circle”
  • Portuguese: “Dupont Circle (Washington, D.C.)”
  • Portuguese: “Dupont Circle”
  • Slovenian: “Dupont Circle”
  • Spanish: “Círculo Dupont”
  • Spanish: “Dupont Circle”
  • Urdu: “ڈوپونٹ سرکل”

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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 “Dupont Circle”. Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.