Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It has an area of 68,139 square miles. Olympia is the capital of Washington. Its approximated population is 5.9 million. Washington became the 42nd state in the United States on November 11, 1889. Seattle, Spokane, and Tacoma are the largest cities.
Washington is bounded by Canadian province of British Columbia on the north, Idaho on the east, Oregon on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It is also called Washington State when there is need to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the nation%27s capital.
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