Shaw
Shaw is a neighborhood in north-central Washington D.C. just east of Dupont Circle and south of Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights. Although it has a diverse population, Shaw is distinctive from the adjacent areas due to its African-American heritage.Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
United States Mint
Government office
The United States Mint is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury responsible for producing coinage for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce, as well as controlling the movement of bullion.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Convention centre
The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2.3-million-square-foot convention center located in Washington, D.C., owned and operated by the city's convention arm, Events DC.
Howard University Hospital
Hospital
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Howard University Hospital, previously known as Freedmen's Hospital, is a major hospital located…
Localities in the Area
East End
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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square.
Dupont Circle
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Dupont Circle is an affluent historic neighborhood in Washington D.C.
Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights
Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.Shaw
- Type: Neighbourhood with 17,600 residents
- Description: neighbourhood in Washington, D.C.
- Categories: neighbourhood of Washington, D.C. and locality
- Location: Washington County (historical), Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.91206° or 38° 54' 43" northLongitude
-77.02137° or 77° 1' 17" westPopulation
17,600Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open Location Code
87C4WX6H+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 158320241OpenStreetMap Feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4140463Wikidata ID
Q2277455Shaw Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Chinese: 肖區
- English: Shaw (Washington, D.C.)
- English: Shaw Historic District
- German: Shaw
- German: Shaw (Washington, D.C.)
- Hebrew: שאו
- Portuguese: Shaw
- Portuguese: Shaw (Washington, D.C.)
- South Azerbaijani: شاو (واشینقتون، دی.ک.)
- South Azerbaijani: شاو
- Urdu: شا، واشنگٹن ڈی سی
Other Places Named Shaw
Localities in the Area
- Truxton CircleNeighbourhood
- Blagden Alley-Naylor Court Historic DistrictNeighbourhood
- Anna J. Cooper CircleLocality
- LeDroit ParkNeighbourhood
- Logan CircleNeighbourhood
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Shaw. Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.