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  1. <text id=93AT0251>
  2. <title>
  3. District of Columbia Vital Statistics
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. Compact ALMANAC--United States Directory          
  7. District of Columbia                                 
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Compact</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
  13. Vital Statistics                                                 
  14. </hdr>
  15. <body>
  16. <table>
  17. <row><c format=bold type=a>Motto<c type=a>Justitia Omnibus (Justice to All)
  18. <row><c>Flower<c>American Beauty Rose
  19. <row><c>Bird<c>Wood Thrush
  20. <row><c>Tree<c>Scarlet Oak
  21. <row><c>Became U.S. Capital<c>December 1, 1800
  22. <row><c format=bold type=a>Land Area (square miles)<c type=a>61
  23. <row><c>Population<c>606,900
  24. <row><c>Density per square mile<c>9,882.76
  25. <row><c>Delegate to Congress*<c>1
  26. </table>
  27. <p>* Committee voting privileges only.
  28. </p>
  29. <p>Source: The Book of the States, 1992-93 edition, Vol. 29; The Council of State Governments, Lexington, KY.
  30. </p>
  31. </body>
  32. </article>
  33. </text>
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