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Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first U.S. president, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. The state, which is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, by Oregon to the south, by Idaho to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north, was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state’s largest city is Seattle. Washington is often referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C.

Washington is the 18th largest state, with an area of 71,362 square miles (184,827 km2), and the 13th most populous state, with more than 7.4 million people. Approximately 60 per cent of Washington’s residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the centre of transportation, business, and industry along Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean consisting of numerous islands, deep fjords, and bays carved out by glaciers. The remainder of the state consists of deep temperate rainforests in the west; mountain ranges in the west, central, northeast, and far southeast; and a semi-arid basin region in the east, central, and south, given over to intensive agriculture. Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States, after California. Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, is the state’s highest elevation, at almost 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), and is the 2nd topographically prominent mountain in the continental United States, the first being Denali in Alaska.

Capital: Olympia

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Washington: Seattle – The Gum Wall

Washington: Seattle – The Gum Wall

Seattle Gum Wall is covered in thousands of pieces of chewing gum that have been placed on the …
Washington: Seattle – Giant Red Popsicles

Washington: Seattle – Giant Red Popsicles

“The Red Popsicle” by Catherine Mayer is one of the most recent additions to Martin Selig’s art …
Washington: Cape Disappointment State Park

Washington: Cape Disappointment State Park

Cape Disappointment is home to a wide selection of trails, whether you\’re looking for elevation …
Washington: Seattle – Broadfork (Eatery Review)

Washington: Seattle – Broadfork (Eatery Review)

Using the Happy Cow app on my phone I had tracked down Broadfork, a vegan cafe a block or two away …
USA: Washington – The Museum of Flight

USA: Washington – The Museum of Flight

This 15-acre campus includes over 160 air and spacecraft, the original Boeing Aircraft factory and …
Washington: Olympic National Park

Washington: Olympic National Park

We spent 2 days exploring Washington State\’s Olympic National Park. – a vast wilderness …
Washington: Beacon Rock State Park

Washington: Beacon Rock State Park

We have seen Beacon Rock a number of times across the Colombia River from Oregon, but we have …
Washington: Maryhill Museum visit

Washington: Maryhill Museum visit

We had low expectations of our visit to the museum at Maryhill, but it was an incredible find! …
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