Washington (/ ˈ w ɒ ʃ ɪ ŋ t ə n / ()), 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 the British Empire in 1846, in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary ...
- 71,362 sq mi (184,827 km²)
- 7 Democrats, 3 Republicans (list)
- Seattle
- Patty Murray (D), Maria Cantwell (D)
Washington State Cougars, athletic teams of Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, USA Elsewhere [ edit ] Washington F.C. , a football club based in Washington, Tyne and Wear, England
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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and also known as D.C. or just Washington, is the capital city of the United States of America. It is located on the Potomac River bordering Maryland and Virginia, with Congress holding its first session there in 1800.
- United States
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- George Washington, Christopher Columbus
The Washington family was a wealthy Virginia family which had made its fortune in land speculation. Washington's great-grandfather John Washington immigrated in 1656 from Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, England, to the English colony of Virginia where he accumulated 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) of land, including Little Hunting Creek on the Potomac River.
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- John Adams
- John Adams
- John Adams
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 .)
- November 11, 1889 (42nd)
- Olympia
- Washington Territory
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Spokane (/ ˌ s p oʊ ˈ k æ n / spoh-KAN) is a city in and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.It is in eastern Washington along the Spokane River adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 92 miles (148 km) south of the Canada–U.S. border, 18 miles (30 km) west of the Washington–Idaho border, and 279 miles (449 km) east of ...
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Washington é um dos 50 estados dos Estados Unidos, localizado na região dos chamados estados do Pacífico.O estado foi nomeado em homenagem ao líder das forças americanas da Revolução Americana de 1776 e primeiro Presidente dos Estados Unidos, George Washington.
Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / see-AT-əl) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.It is the seat of King County, Washington.Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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The Washington, D.C., police forces were mobilized to full capacity for the march, including reserve officers and deputized firefighters. A total of 5,900 police officers were on duty. [64] The government mustered 2,000 men from the National Guard , and brought in 3,000 outside soldiers to join the 1,000 already stationed in the area. [65]