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Western Washington is known as having a far wetter climate than the eastern portion of the state, primarily due to the effects of the Cascades' rain shadow. The average location in Eastern Washington only receives an average of 46.87 centimetres (18.45 inches) of precipitation per year, [1] whereas the average place in Western Washington ...
State in the United States Washington State Flag Seal Nickname: "The Evergreen State" (unofficial) Motto(s): Alki (Chinook jargon for 'By and By') Anthem: "Washington, My Home" Map of the United States with Washington highlighted Country United States Before statehood Washington Territory Admitted to the Union November 11, 1889 (42nd) Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Largest county or ...
During Washington's territorial period, Washington split off from an Oregon county, three counties were disestablished, and three split into separate territories. Clackamas County, Oregon was established in 1844 and included the land south and east of the Columbia River until Washington Territory was formed in 1853, when the area was no longer ...
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Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington, United States. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, succeeding a private school of teaching for women founded in 1886. The university adopted its present ...
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 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), and is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous U.S.
Skamania County (/ s k ə ˈ m eɪ n i ə / skə-MAY-nee-ə) is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,036. [2] The county seat and largest incorporated city is Stevenson, [3] although the Carson River Valley CDP is more populous.
Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, and is named after George Washington, the first President of the United States (it is the only U.S. state named after a president). Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as ...