Sentences with phrase «temporary national capital»

On February 27, 1801, a year after moving from the temporary National Capital at Philadelphia to the City of Washington, the United States Congress organized the area as a subdivision of the District named Alexandria County.

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In the capital Colombo, the government - run National Art Gallery (NAG), which houses a permanent collection of traditional Sri Lankan paintings, does occasionally hold temporary exhibitions of more contemporary art, including one display of more than 100 paintings and sculptures by local artists (2/28 — 3/4).
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