Washington is the one of the state of United States of America (USA). It is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. George Washington was the first U.S. President and in 1846 the state of Washington was formed from the western portion of the Washington Territory vacated by the British Empire. In this topic we covered all major information about USA state Washington.
The Washington state was bordered on the west side by the Pacific Ocean, Oregon to South, Idaho to east and the Canadian province of the British Columbia to the North. Washington was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in the year of 1889.
Olympia is the Washington state capital. Washington was referred as the Washington state to distinguish it from the nation capital Washington, D.C.
USA state Washington was the 18th largest state with the area of 71,362 square miles (184,839 km2).
Washington is the 13th most populous state with more than 7.7 million people. Most Washington people live in the Seattle metropolitan area.
The central northeast, the mountain ranges in the west and the far southeast was a semi-arid basin region in the east, south and the central was given over to the intensive agriculture. Washington was the second most populous state on the West Coast and was in the Western United States after the California.
An active stratovolcano, the Mount Rainier was the state’s highest elevation at the 14,411 feet (4,392 meters). It is the most prominent mountain in the contiguous U.S.
Washington was the leading lumber producer and the rugged surface was rich in stands of the Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, hemlock, spruce, white pine, larch and the cedar.
The Washington state was the largest producer of the hops, apples, pears, spearmint, blueberries, spearmint oil and the sweet cherries in United States of America. Washington State was the production of the apricots, dry edible peas, asparagus, lentils, potatoes, grapes and the peppermint oil.
Livestock, Livestock products and the commercial fishing it was particularly of salmon, bottom fish and the halibut were also the significant that were the contributors to the state’s economy.
Washington State was ranks second only to the California in the wine production. Manufacturing industries in the Washington will includes the missiles, aircraft, shipbuilding and the other transportation equipment.
The food processing, metals, chemicals, metal products and the machinery are the transportation equipment. Washington has more than 1000 dams that was including in the Grand Coulee Dam. It was built for a variety of the purposes that including the irrigation, flood control, electricity generation and the water storage.
USA state Washington was one of the wealthiest states in the country.
Washington State was most socially liberal state in the country. Washington State is one of the states that have legalized medicinal and recreational use. The first states to legalize the same sex marriage in the year 2012.
According to sports Pickleball was a racquet sport that was invented on the Bainbridge Island in the year 1965. It was designated as the Washington’s official state sport in the year 2022.
In the years 2021 and 2022 the sport was named the fastest growing sport in the United States by the sports and the Fitness Industry Association (SFIA).
The GTE Northwest Classic was the part of Senior PGA Tour from the year 1986 to 1995 and the Boeing Classic was from 2005. In 2015 the U.S. Open was held at the Chambers Bay and the several major tournaments were held at the place Sahalee Country Club. The Pacific Raceways was a motorsports venue that was hosted by the Northwest Nationals of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and the round of Trans-Am Series. The WTA Seattle tennis tournament was the part of the WTA Tour from the year 1977 to 1982.
