Washington | |
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State of Washington | |
Nickname: "The Evergreen State" (unofficial) | |
Motto(s): Al-ki or Alki, "bye and bye" in Chinook Jargon | |
Anthem: "Washington, My Home" | |
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Country | United States |
Before statehood | Washington Territory |
Admitted to the Union | November 11, 1889 (42nd) |
Capital | Olympia |
Largest city | Seattle 1,936,826 |
Largest metro and urban areas |
(Vancouver): 314,106
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Government | |
• Governor | Jay Inslee (D) |
• Lieutenant Governor | Cyrus Habib (D) |
Legislature | State Legislature |
• Upper house | State Senate |
• Lower house | House of Representatives |
U.S. senators | Patty Murray (D) Maria Cantwell (D) |
U.S. House delegation | 7 Democrats 3 Republicans (list) |
Area | |
• Total | 71,362 sq mi (184,827 km2) |
• Land | 66,544 sq mi (172,587 km2) |
• Water | 4,757 sq mi (12,237 km2) 6.6% |
• Rank | 18th |
Dimensions | |
• Length | 240 mi (400 km) |
• Width | 360 mi (580 km) |
Elevation | 1,700 ft (520 m) |
Highest elevation | 14,411 ft (4,392 m) |
Lowest elevation (Pacific Ocean) | 0 ft (0 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 7,705,281[1] |
• Rank | 13th |
• Density | 189.3/sq mi (72.6/km2) |
• Rank | 22nd |
• Median household income | $70,979 (2,017) |
• Income rank | 11th |
Demonym | Washingtonian |
Language | |
• Official language |
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Time zone | UTC−08:00 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
USPS abbreviation | WA |
ISO 3166 code | US-WA |
Traditional abbreviation | Wash. |
Latitude | 45°33′ N to 49° N |
Longitude | 116°55′ W to 124°46′ W |
Website | access |
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is north of Oregon, west of Idaho, east of the Pacific Ocean, and south of British Columbia. (British Columbia is part of Canada.)
There are more than 7,000,000 people in Washington. Most live in the western part of Washington, which gets more rain. About a quarter of the people live in the east part, where it gets less rain, and some parts have a desert climate. The largest city on the eastern part is Spokane, which is also the second biggest city in the state.
The Cascade Mountains go down the middle of the state and divide it into two sides. The state's nickname is the "Evergreen State" because it has a lot of pine trees. Washington was the 42nd state to join the United States, on November 11, 1889. It is often called "Washington State" so that it does not get confused with the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. The name "Washington" comes from President George Washington.
The capital of Washington is Olympia. Olympia is a small city on the west side of Washington, at the south end of the Puget Sound. Washington's biggest city is Seattle; Seattle is also on the Puget Sound.
Washington has many beautiful forests, rivers, gorges (gorges are small canyons), and mountains. Because it is next to the ocean, it has a long beach. However, because Washington is north of Oregon and California (the other two states on the West Coast of the United States), the ocean is colder, and usually not good to swim in.
The biggest universities in Washington are the University of Washington and Washington State University. The University of Washington is in Seattle.[2] Washington State University is in a small town called Pullman. Pullman is on the east of the state.
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