The capital of the United States is located in the the Middle-Atlantic region of the nation. The city occupies a 69-square-mile parcel of land referred to as the District of Columbia, an area surrounded on the north, east, and southeast by the state of Maryland. The Potomac River, to the city's west and southwest, separates Washington D.C. from the state of Virginia.

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