Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Dialect. Pacific Northwest English. The Pacific Northwest from outer space. The Pacific Northwest (PNW; French: Nord-Ouest Pacifique), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east.
The term Pacific Northwest is largely used in the American context. At one point, the region had the highest population density of a region inhabited by Indigenous peoples in Canada. [1] [2] [3] Chief Anotklosh of the Taku Tribe of the Tlingit people, ca. 1913 Painting representing "Three Young Chinook Men" by George Catlin
Seattle has the largest African American population of any city in the Pacific Northwest, it is largely concentrated in the Central District, High Point and Rainier Beach neighborhoods, which are at least 15% Black. [citation needed]. While Seattle's Hispanic population is only 6.6%, it is largely concentrated on the city's South Park ...
City State/Province Population Metropolitan Area Urban Area Seattle: Washington: 704,000 [1]: 3,905,026 [2]: 3,059,393 [3]: Portland: Oregon: 658,347 [2]: 2,753,168 ...
As of 2016, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the combined population of eastern Washington and north Idaho alone to be 2,240,645, comparable to that of New Mexico. Its Canadian counterpart, north of the border, is the British Columbia Interior, which together comprise the inland portion of the broader Pacific Northwest.
Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw population dropped by 75% between 1830 and 1880. [10] The 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic alone killed over half of the people. Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw dancers from Vancouver Island performed at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. [11]
The Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada speak the Tlingit language (Lingít [ɬɪ̀nkítʰ]), [ 5 ] which is a branch of the Na-Dené language family. Lingít has a complex grammar and sound system and also uses certain phonemes unheard in almost any other language. [ 25 ] Tlingit has an estimated 200 to 400 native speakers in ...
Area codes. 206, 253, 360, 425, 564. Puget Sound, its basins, and major surrounding cities. The Puget Sound region is a coastal area of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Washington, including Puget Sound, the Puget Sound lowlands, and the surrounding region roughly west of the Cascade Range and east of the Olympic Mountains.