| Washington DC is the nation�s capital and | | | | regarded as an historically black school that also has |
| may seem like a funny place to set up a corporation. | | | | its own medical school and hospital. Other colleges and |
| The number one business in Washington DC is the | | | | universities in Washington DC include the University of |
| nation�s government. Still there are many | | | | the District of Columbia and Catholic University. The |
| corporate offices here from companies around the | | | | Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of |
| country and the world. Washington has a population of | | | | Advanced International Studies (SAIS), a graduate |
| about 550,000 in a metropolitan area of over 5 million | | | | school for the study of international relations and |
| people, including parts of Virginia and Maryland. The | | | | international economics, is located on Massachusetts |
| Washington DC area has a great and fairly new | | | | Avenue's Embassy Row. |
| transportation system, the Washington Metro. It has | | | | The federal government accounts for a large portion, |
| 106 miles of track, and connects downtown | | | | though not the majority of Washington DC jobs. Many |
| Washington DC with suburbs in Virginia and Maryland. | | | | federal contractors maintain local offices in DC as well |
| Another major development has been the | | | | as law firms and lobbyists. Fannie Mae, the giant |
| development of real estate and gentrification of | | | | provider of home mortgages, is headquartered in |
| Washington DC. There are many more reasons for | | | | Washington DC, though strictly speaking it is a private |
| your Washington DC Incorporation. | | | | corporation under government regulation and |
| Gentrification has taken place in especially the U Street | | | | sponsorship. |
| corridor in the Northwest section of the city, and also | | | | Of course there is also a large tourist sector, with such |
| the H Street NW neighborhood. Other trendy parts of | | | | tourist attractions as the Capitol, the White House, the |
| the city include the Dupont Circle neighborhood, and the | | | | Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, and other well-known |
| Georgetown neighborhood, home of Georgetown | | | | sites. In the center of the city is the National Mall, a |
| University, along the Potomac River. Georgetown | | | | green strip about 3 blocks wide that stretches the mile |
| University is run by the Jesuit Catholic order and is a | | | | and a half west from the Capitol to the White House. |
| center of training for the US Foreign Service and also | | | | Further to the north and west of the White House are |
| is known for its law school. In fact, outside of the | | | | neighborhoods such as Adams-Morgan, home to large |
| Federal Government, one of the outstanding features | | | | communities from Africa, South America and other |
| of Washington DC is its role as a university town. In | | | | locations. A vast variety of restaurants are found in |
| the far northwest of the city stands American | | | | this area, and it seems that every diplomat overseas |
| University and in the downtown there is George | | | | brought back his favorite cook to start an ethnic |
| Washington University. George Washington is located | | | | restaurant. Other types of restaurants here include |
| in the Foggy Bottom district of DC, near the State | | | | Indian, Ethiopian and Vietnamese. Also, in the last |
| Department and also has strong ties to the diplomatic | | | | couple of years, Washington DC has acquired a new |
| service. Howard University is located a short distance | | | | major league baseball team, formerly of Montreal, now |
| north of downtown, off of Georgia Avenue, and is well | | | | the Washington Nationals. |