Arlington
Arlington forms part of the urban conglomeration around Washington, D.C. - inside the beltway. In Northern Virginia, and directly across the Potomac River from D.C. proper, Arlington is one of America's most densely populated regions.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Popular Destinations
Arlington National Cemetery
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Arlington National Cemetery is in Arlington, Virginia.
Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor
The Rosslyn-Ballston corridor is the most densely populated area of Arlington, Virginia.Crystal City
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Crystal City is the secondary "downtown" area of Arlington, Virginia, after the Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor.
Destinations
Southwest Arlington
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The southwestern reaches of Arlington, while a bit off the beaten track, is a diverse and up-and coming area.
Notable Places in the Area
Lincoln Memorial
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The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial that honors the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
Pentagon
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The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II.
US Marine Corps War Memorial
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The United States Marine Corps War Memorial is a national memorial located in Arlington County, Virginia.
Localities in the Area
Georgetown
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Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., south of Upper Northwest and west of Dupont Circle.
West End
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The West End of Downtown D.C. is the area immediately west of downtown.
Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C, the capital of the United States of America and the seat of its three branches…
Arlington
- Type: City with 239,000 residents
- Description: county in Virginia, United States; part of Washington metropolitan area
- Neighbors: Alexandria, Fairfax County, Falls Church, Montgomery County and Washington, D.C.
- Categories: county of Virginia and locality
- Location: Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.8904° or 38° 53' 25" northLongitude
-77.0842° or 77° 5' 3" westPopulation
239,000Elevation
81 metres (266 feet)Open Location Code
87C4VWR8+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 158591999OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
4744725Wikidata ID
Q107126Arlington Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Arlington County, Virginië
- Albanian: Arlington County
- Arabic: Condado han Arlington, Virginia
- Arabic: مقاطعة أرلنغتون
- Arabic: مقاطعة أرلينغتون، فيرجينيا
- Arabic: مقاطعة ارلنغتون، فيرجينيا
- Arabic: مقاطعه أرلنغتون، فيرجينيا
- Armenian: Արլինգտոն
- Asturian: Condáu d'Arlington
- Asturian: condáu d'Arlington
- Azerbaijani: Arlinqton
- Azerbaijani: Arlinqton dairəsi
- Bashkir: Арлингтон
- Basque: Arlington
- Basque: Arlingtongo konderria
- Basque: Arlington konderria
- Bavarian: Arlington County, Virginia
- Bavarian: Arlington County
- Belarusian: Арлінгтан
- Bengali: আর্লিংটন কাউন্টি
- Bishnupriya: আর্লিংটন কাউন্টি, ভার্জিনিয়া
- Bishnupriya: আর্লিংটন কাউন্টি
- Bosnian: Arlington
- Bulgarian: Арлингтън
- Burmese: အာလင်တန် ကောင်တီ
- Burmese: အာလင်တန် ခရိုင်
- Catalan: Arlington
- Catalan: Comtat d'Arlington
- Catalan: Comtat dArlington
- Catalan: comtat d'Arlington
- Cebuano: Arlington (kapital sa kondado)
- Cebuano: Arlington County
- Chechen: Арлингтон
- Chinese: Arlington Kūn
- Chinese: 阿灵顿
- Chinese: 阿灵顿县
- Chinese: 阿靈頓
- Chinese: 阿靈頓縣
- Chinese: 阿靈頓郡
- Cornish: Konteth Arlington
- Czech: Arlington
- Czech: Arlington County
- Danish: Arlington County
- Dutch: Arlington
- Dutch: Arlington County
- Egyptian Arabic: مقاطعة ارلينجتون (ڤيرچينيا)
- Egyptian Arabic: مقاطعة ارلينجتون
- English: Arlington, VA
- English: Arlington, Virginia
- English: Arlington County, VA
- English: Arlington County, Virginia
- English: Arlington County
- Esperanto: Arlington
- Esperanto: Arlingtono
- Esperanto: Kantono Arlington
- Estonian: Arlingtoni maakond
- Faroese: Arlington
- Finnish: Arlington
- Finnish: Arlingtonin piirikunta
- French: Arlington
- French: Comté d'Arlington
- French: comté d'Arlington
- Galician: Condado de Arlington
- Georgian: არლინგტონის ოლქი
- German: Arlington
- German: Arlington County
- Greek: Κομητεία Άρλινγκτον
- Hebrew: מחוז ארלינגטון
- Hungarian: Arlington megye
- Inari Sami: Arlington pirrâdâhkodde
- Indonesian: Arlington
- Indonesian: Arlington County
- Irish: Contae Arlington
- Italian: Arlington
- Italian: Arlington County
- Italian: Contea di Arlington
- Italian: contea di Arlington
- Japanese: アーリントン
- Japanese: アーリントン郡
- Korean: 알링턴
- Korean: 알링턴 군
- Korean: 알링턴군
- Latvian: Ārlingtonas apgabals
- Lithuanian: Arlingtonas
- Low German: Arlington County
- Luxembourgish: Arlington County
- Malay: Arlington
- Malay: Kaunti Arlington, Virginia
- Malay: Kaunti Arlington
- Malayalam: ആർലിങ്ടൺ, വിർജീനിയ
- Marathi: आर्लिंग्टन, व्हर्जिनिया
- Marathi: आर्लिंग्टन
- Min Dong Chinese: Arlington Gông
- Min Nan Chinese: Arlington Kūn
- Northern Luri: آرلینگتون، ڤیرجینیا
- Norwegian: Arlington County
- Norwegian Bokmål: Arlington
- Norwegian Bokmål: Arlington County
- Norwegian Bokmål: Arlington fylke
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Arlington County
- Occitan (post 1500): Comtat d'Arlington
- Persian: آرلینگتون، ویرجینیا
- Persian: ارلینگتون، ویرجینیا
- Persian: شهرستان آرلینگتون
- Persian: شهرستان آرلینگتون، ویرجینیا
- Persian: شهرستان ارلینگتون
- Polish: Arlington
- Polish: Hrabstwo Arlington
- Portuguese: Condado de Arlington
- Romanian: Arlington
- Romanian: Comitatul Arlington, Virginia
- Romanian: Comitatul Arlington
- Russian: Арлингтон
- Sardinian: contea de Arlington
- Serbian: Arlington
- Serbian: Арлингтон
- Serbian: Округ Арлингтон
- Serbo-Croatian: Arlington
- Serbo-Croatian: Arlington County, Virginia
- Serbo-Croatian: Okrug Arlington
- Silesian: Hrabstwo Arlington
- Slovenian: Arlington
- Spanish: Condado de Arlington
- Spanish: Condado de Arlington (Virginia)
- Swahili: Arlington
- Swedish: Arlington
- Swedish: Arlington County
- Tagalog: Arlington, Virginia
- Tagalog: Arlington
- Tatar: Аппоматтокс (округ, Виргиния)
- Tatar: Аппоматтокс
- Tumbuka: Arlington County, Virginia
- Turkish: Arlington County, Virginia
- Turkish: Arlington County
- Turkish: Arlington bölgesi
- Ukrainian: Арлинґтон
- Ukrainian: Арлінгтон
- Ukrainian: Арлінґтон
- Urdu: آرلنگٹن، ورجینیا
- Uzbek: Arlington
- Venetian: Arlington
- Vietnamese: Arlington, Virginia
- Vietnamese: Arlington
- Vietnamese: Quận Arlington, Virginia
- Vietnamese: Quận Arlington
- Volapük: Arlington County
- Waray (Philippines): Arlington
- Waray (Philippines): Condado han Arlington
- Welsh: Arlington County, Virginia
- Welsh: Arlington County
- Western Panjabi: ارلنگٹن کاؤنٹی
- Wu Chinese: 阿灵顿县 (弗吉尼亚州)
- Yakut: Арлиҥтон
- Alexandria County
- Konteth Arlington, Virjynni
- 阿灵顿县(弗吉尼亚州)
Popular Destinations in Northern Virginia
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