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The capital of the United States is Washington.

Washington, D.C., also known as Huadu and Washington for short, is the capital of the United States of America. It is named after George Washington, the first president of the United States. It is close to Virginia and Maryland and is located in the northeastern United States and the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a special administrative division established as the capital in 1790, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the US Congress, so it does not belong to any state in the United States.

As of 20 16, the downtown area of Washington is 177 square kilometers; 20 19 10, with a population of about 700,000. The highest authority in Washington, D.C. is the U.S. Congress, which administers it through the Washington City Government. But Washington citizens have only one voting representative in the House of Representatives and no representative in the Senate.

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Washington, D.C. has a temperate continental climate with four distinct seasons, relatively mild temperature changes and even precipitation distribution throughout the year. Winter is cold, slightly wet and sometimes cold, and the number of days when the daily minimum temperature is below 0℃ is 64 days. Summer is relatively hot and humid. The average daily maximum temperature exceeds 90°F (about 32.2℃) for 37 days and100 F (about 37.8℃) for 1.2 days.

In Leng Yue (65438+1October), the average temperature is 2.2℃, and the extreme minimum temperature is -26℃( 1899 February 1 1). The average temperature in the hottest month (July) is 26.6℃, and the extreme maximum temperature is 41℃ (191August 6, 81July 20, 930). The average frost-free period is 235 days. Due to the influence of heat island effect, the frost-free period in the city center can be longer than that in the northwest suburbs by more than 30 days. The average annual precipitation is about 1008 mm, and the average annual snowfall is 39.6 cm (about 15.6 inches). The amount of snowfall varies greatly every year.