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The Hill (other)
The Hill most frequently refers to Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., and entities named after it, including: * United States Congress, by metonymy * The Hill (newspaper), ''The Hill'' (newspaper), a U.S. political newspaper named after the metonym The Hill may also refer to: Geography Australia * The Hill, New South Wales, a suburb of Newcastle * The Hill, a former grassed section of the Sydney Cricket Ground stadium, Sydney Canada * The Hill, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, location of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival * Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Germany * The Hill, the slang designation for the United States Army Security Agency site located on the Teufelsberg (Devil's Mountain) in Berlin Ireland * Hill 16, Dublin, Ireland, popular during Gaelic football matches South Africa * The Hill, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa United Kingdom * Hill Top, Cumbria, England * The Hill, Cumbria, England, a village in Millom Without * The Hill, a commonly us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill, in addition to being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues. It is one of the oldest residential neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., and, with roughly 35,000 people in just under , it is also one of the most densely populated. As a geographic feature, Capitol Hill rises near the center of the District of Columbia and extends eastward. Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant, as he began to develop his plan for the new federal capital city in 1791, chose to locate the "Congress House" (the Capitol building) on the crest of the hill at a site that he characterized as a "pedestal waiting for a monument." The Capitol building has been the home of the Congress of the United States and the workplace of many residents of the Capitol Hill neighborhood since 1800. The Capitol Hill neighborhood today straddles two quadrants of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
