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| | Washington (USA) |
 | | State in northwestern USA, bordered to the east by Idaho, to the south by Oregon, to the north by British Columbia, Canada, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean; area 172,348 sq km/66,544 sq mi; population (2000) 5,894,100; capital Olympia. |
 | | With the exception of Spokane in the east, Washington’s major cities are ports on Puget Sound: Seattle, which has the largest urban population in the state, Tacoma, Bellevue, and Everett. |
 | | Washington was admitted to the Union in 1889 as the 42nd state and is governed under its original constitution, adopted in 1889. |
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