[United States Senate Manual, 106th Congress]
[S. Doc. 106-1]
[Statistical Data]
[Page 1130]
[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, 1998      miles
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District of Columbia...........  .......................         606,900         523,124          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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