what city is being talked about here?
Washington, D.C.
is it the capital of the US?
Yes
how many people are there during a work week?
one million
what states do they commute from?
Maryland and Virginia
is D.C. on the west coast?
No
what happened in 1790?
The signing of the Residence Act
what settlements that was already there?
Georgetown and Alexandria.
Was D.C. named after a president?
Yes
which one?
George Washington
who returned the land and why?
Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia
what's the current population?
681,170 as of July 2016
what's the rank in the US?
the sixth-largest metropolitan statistical area