Principal Cities
The metropolitan area includes the following principal cities (most of which are not incorporated as cities; one, Arlington, is actually a county):
- Washington, D.C.
- Arlington, Virginia
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Bethesda, Maryland
- Bowie, Maryland
- Centreville, Virginia
- Chantilly, Virginia
- College Park, Maryland
- Fairfax, Virginia
- Falls Church, Virginia
- Frederick, Maryland
- Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Germantown, Maryland
- Herndon, Virginia
- Laurel, Maryland
- Leesburg, Virginia
- Manassas, Virginia
- Reston, Virginia
- Rockville, Maryland
- Silver Spring, Maryland
- Springfield, Virginia
- Suitland, Maryland
- Takoma Park, Maryland
- Tysons Corner, Virginia
- Vienna, Virginia
- Waldorf, Maryland
- Winchester, Virginia
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