بتسدا، مريلاند

بتسدا، مريلاند Bethesda, Maryland
Census-designated place
The intersection of Maryland Route 187 (Old Georgetown Road), Maryland Route 355 (Wisconsin Avenue), and Maryland Route 410 (East West Highway), near the Bethesda Metro station entrance, in downtown Bethesda.
Boundaries of Bethesda CDP from U.S. Census Bureau
Location of Bethesda in Montgomery County, Maryland
الإحداثيات: 38°59′5″N 77°6′47″W
Country	الولايات المتحدة
State	مريلاند
County	Montgomery
المساحة
• الإجمالي	34٫2 كم² (13٫2 ميل²)
• البر	34٫0 كم² (13٫1 ميل²)
• الماء	0٫2 كم² (0٫1 ميل²)
المنسوب	97 m (318 ft)
التعداد  (2013)
• الإجمالي	63٬374
• الكثافة	1٬623٫9/km2 (4٬205٫8/sq mi)
منطقة التوقيت	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• الصيف (التوقيت الصيفي)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	20800–20899
مفتاح الهاتف	301, 240
FIPS code	24-07125
GNIS feature ID	0583184

بـِتـِسـْدا Bethesda هي an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located just northwest of the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda. In Aramaic, beth ḥesda (ܒܝܬ ܚܣܕܐ) means "House of Mercy" and in Hebrew, beit ḥesed (בית חסד) means "House of Kindness". The National Institutes of Health main campus and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center are in Bethesda, as are a number of corporate and government headquarters.

As an unincorporated community, Bethesda has no official boundaries. The United States Census Bureau defines a census-designated place named Bethesda whose center is located at 38°59′N 77°7′W. The United States Geological Survey has defined Bethesda as an area whose center is at 38°58′50″N 77°6′2″W, slightly different from the Census Bureau's definition. Other definitions are used by the Bethesda Urban Planning District, the United States Postal Service (which defines Bethesda to comprise the ZIP Codes 20810, 20811, 20813, 20814, 20815, 20816, and 20817), and other organizations. According to estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2013, the community had a total population of 63,374. Most of Bethesda's residents are in Maryland Legislative District 15.

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 الديمغرافيا

التعداد التاريخي
التعداد	Pop.		%±
1960	56٬527		—
1970	71٬621		26٫7%
1980	62٬736		−12٫4%
1990	62٬936		0٫3%
2000	55٬277		−12٫2%
2010	60٬858		10٫1%
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 المعالم

An aerial view of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland.

Important medical institutions located in Bethesda include the National Institutes of Health campus, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and the adjoining Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, as well as a number of other military medical and research institutions. Other federal institutions include the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division.

The headquarters of defense conglomerate Lockheed Martin, managed health care company Coventry Health Care and hotel and resort chains Marriott International and Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. are located in Bethesda. Software company Bethesda Softworks was originally located in Bethesda, but moved to Rockville, Maryland, in 1990. The Discovery Channel also had its headquarters in Bethesda before relocating to Silver Spring in 2004. On the professional services side, numerous banks (PNC, Capital One Bank) brokerage firms (SmithBarney, Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, Fidelity) and law firms (Ballard Spahr, JDKatz, Paley Rothman, Lerch Early & Brewer) maintain offices in Bethesda. Bethesda has two farmers markets, the Montgomery Farm Woman's Cooperative Market and the Bethesda Central Farmer's Market.

Bethesda Avenue at night

A number of ambassador residences are in Bethesda, including Bangladesh, Cape Verde, Guyana, Honduras, Lesotho, Morocco, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and Zimbabwe.

 انظر أيضاً

• Bethesda Magazine
• Washington metropolitan area

 وصلات خارجية

• Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce
• Bethesda Urban Partnership
• Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
• National Institutes of Health