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National Mall
The
National Mall
is a
national park
in
downtown
Washington, D.C.
, the
capital
of the
United States
. The
National Park Service
(NPS) administers the National Mall, which is part of its
National Mall and Memorial Parks
unit. The term
National Mall
commonly includes areas that are officially part of
West Potomac Park
and
Constitution Gardens
to the west, and often is taken to refer to the entire area between the
Lincoln Memorial
and the
United States Capitol
, with the
Washington Monument
providing a division slightly west of the center. The National Mall receives approximately 24 million visitors each year.
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