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Why Washington, D.C. Has Its Unusual Shape
Why Washington, D.C. Has Its Unusual Shape — "Washington, D.C. was originally designed as a perfect ten-mile diamond using land from Maryland and Virginia. Aft…
"Washington, D.C. was originally designed as a perfect ten-mile diamond using land from Maryland and Virginia. After Virginia’s section was returned in 1846, the capital’s symmetrical shape became the distinctive map outline we know today."