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Bethesda

About Bethesda

Population

60,858 in city
8,924,087 in metro

Size

34 km² (13 mi²)

Altitude

104 m

Bethesda is one of the primary business hubs in Montgomery County, Maryland, just northwest of Washington, DC. Located on the Red Line, downtown Bethesda has many highrise office and residential buildings. It is also famous as the home of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bethesda's Central Business District features a dense collection of office, hotel, and residential buildings centered on a metro station. Bethesda is unincorporated, and shares mailing addresses with neighboring areas, including North Bethesda and Potomac. Additional highrise buildings can be found in these cities also.

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No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
122	All Buildings
99	existing
2	under construction
9	planned
11	unbuilt
1	demolished

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	National Naval Medical Center	264 ft	1942
2	Chevy Chase Bank East Tower	250 ft	2001
3	Chevy Chase Bank West Tower	250 ft	2001
4	Clark Building	215 ft	1984
5	Newlands Building	200 ft	2000

Building types

No.	Type
61	high-rise building
56	low-rise building
2	subterranean building
1	open-air structure
1	house
1	mast (pole)

Other buildings

No.	Type
1	Famous buildings
0	Buildings with construction images