[United States Senate Manual, 104th Congress]
[S. Doc. 104-1]
[Statistical Data]
[Page 1095]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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                                                                THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA                                                                
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                                  Date of establishment                      Estimated      Area in                                                     
           Territory                  of territorial        Population,     population,     square                         Formation                    
                                        government          1990 census    July 1, 1995      miles                                                      
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District of Columbia...........  .......................         606,900         554,256          69  Established under Art. I, sec. 8, clause 17 of    
                                                                                                       Constitution. Territory originally ceded by      
                                                                                                       Maryland (legislative act of Dec. 23, 1788) and  
                                                                                                       Virginia (legislative act of Dec. 3, 1789).      
                                                                                                       Cessions accepted by Congress by act of July 16, 
                                                                                                       1790; lines and bounds established by            
                                                                                                       proclamation of President Washington, Mar. 30,   
                                                                                                       1791. Virginia's cession retroceded by act of    
                                                                                                       Congress July 9, 1846. The government of the     
                                                                                                       District is administered by a Mayor and a 13-    
                                                                                                       member Council, all of whom are elected by the   
                                                                                                       citizens of the District of Columbia. All acts of
                                                                                                       the council are reviewable by Congress. (Dec. 24,
                                                                                                       1973, Pub. L. 93-198.) Pursuant to the District  
                                                                                                       of Columbia Delegate Act the District of Columbia
                                                                                                       now has a non-voting Delegate to the House of    
                                                                                                       Representatives. (Sept. 22, 1970, Pub. L. 91-405,
                                                                                                       Secs. 201-206, 84 Stat. 848.)                
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