Charles County is located in the state of Maryland and is part of the Washington metropolitan area. The county seat is La Plata.

Charles County is included in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Southern Maryland region.

The county has a total area of 643 square miles, of which 602 square miles is land and 41 square miles (6.4%) is water.

The county is governed by a five-member Board of County Commissioners, elected at-large to four-year terms.

The county is served by the Charles County Public Schools system. The county is also served by the College of Southern Maryland, a two-year community college.

The county is home to several state parks, including Smallwood State Park, Nanjemoy Creek Park, and Mallows Bay Park.

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