blair

No.

Hence the Distric of Columbia rather than State of Columbia

Andy

Edited to say - you have a choice of answers - pick the one that suits you best

<off to do a bit of surfing to find out>

[Edited by blair - 9/6/2002 10:35:09 AM]

TelBoy

Need a 100% answer please, to settle a bet... Thanks.

andrew6321

Washington DC is the US capital city (on the east coast). There is also a US state called Washington (on the west coast).

TelBoy

Andrew, thanks, all noted.

But question still stands, is D.C. an official State?

carl

Yes.

Reffro

District of Columbia is a federal area, not a state.

carl

What state is Washington DC in then?

carl

OK, it's not a state. From the CIA World Factbook:
Administrative divisions: 50 states and 1 district*; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

blair

Take a look at:

http://www.50states.com/


No DC listed. I think Washington DC operates almost as a separate state without actually being a state. As someone said said - it's a federal district.

Which appears to be a kind of a state but not quite

Andy

dogmaul

but you do have washington state
and a washington in georgia, indiana, iowa, kansas, north carolina and pennsylvania

and washington D.C. that sits in maryland on the virginia border

[Edited by dogmaul - 9/6/2002 10:49:52 AM]