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City and State Information for Washington
Washington
Evergreen State
Motto: Al-Ki (Indian word meaning “by and by”)
Population (2005): 6,287,759
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Cities and Towns |
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Washington Facts and Statistics |
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| Capital |
Olympia |
| Date entered the Union |
Nov. 11, 1889 (42nd) |
| Land Area |
66,544 sq mi. (172,349 sq km) |
| Population Density |
88.6 people per square mile |
| Record High Temperature (F) |
118 (August 05, 1961) |
| Record High Temperature (C) |
48 |
| Record Low Temperature (F) |
–48 (December 30, 1968) |
| Record Low Temperature (C) |
–44 |
| Average Elevation |
1,700 feet |
| High Elevation |
14,410 feet |
| Low Elevation |
Sea level |
Origin of the name Washington: In honor of George Washington
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State Symbols |
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A state's official symbols represent the composition and culture of the land and people who live and have lived here. Below are the symbols of Washington along with the year they became official.
| Flower | Coast Rhododendron (1892) | | Tree | Western Hemlock (1947) | | Bird | Willow Goldfinch (1951) | | Fish | Steelhead Trout (1969) | | Gem | Petrified Wood (1975) | | Colors | Green And Gold (1925) | | Song | “Washington, My Home” (1959) | | Folk Song | “Roll On Columbia, Roll On” (1987) | | Dance | Square Dance (1979) | | Grass | Bluebunch Wheatgrass (1989) | | Insect | Blue Darner Dragonfly (1997) | | Fossil | Columbian Mammoth (1998) | | Fruit | Apple (1989) |
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