Washington State was established in memory of George Washington, the first president of the United States, and it is also the only state named after the president.

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New york has been designated as the capital of the United States since 1785. 1 July, 7901day, Congress passed the law on the location of the capital, and decided to move the capital from new york to the vicinity of the intersection of the Potomac River and the AnaCastia River. But before the official move, Philadelphia will be the capital.

/kloc-in 0/800, the federal government of the United States moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. and began to officially operate as the capital of the United States. Washington, D.C. is actually a federal district directly under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress, so it does not belong to any state in the United States.

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Washington state is a state in the northwest of the United States. The state capital is Olympia and the largest city is Seattle.

Washington State borders British Columbia in Canada in the north, Oregon in the south, Idaho in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west. Named after George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state joined the Union on June 1889165438+1October1/and became the 42nd state in the United States.

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Washington, D.C. is located on the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States, with latitude 38.9 13 1 degree north and longitude 77.0438+03222 degrees west. Total area 177 km2, of which 10. 16% is surface water. The southwest of the SAR is connected with Virginia, with the Potomac River as the border and Maryland on the other three sides. There are three rivers flowing through Washington State, namely, the Potomac River and its tributaries, the Ana Castia River and the Rock River (Xi Shi and Yan Xi).

The highest point in Washington is 125m above sea level, located in Tenleytown, and the lowest point is sea level. The city center is located in Northwest 4th Street, Northwest L Street and Northwest new york Avenue, not the dome of the Capitol.

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Washington state is rich in topography and landforms. The towering Cascade Mountains run through the state and divide the whole state into two parts like a wall.

The western part accounts for about 1/3, with abundant rainfall, the Olympia Mountain stands by the sea and the temperate rainforest is distributed; The eastern part accounts for 2/3, mainly the Columbia lava plateau, and the Rocky Mountains obliquely pass through the northeast corner, forming a large area of desert due to the high mountains. But the climate in the east and west is limited by the Pacific Ocean. The eastern part is protected by the Rocky Mountains from the Canadian Arctic cold current.

The whole state is divided into seven geographical regions. Northwest is the Olympic Peninsula along the Pacific Ocean. The desolate Olympic Mountain on the island is 2424 meters high, and most areas are inaccessible. The southern coast is the Villafat hills, with relatively open terrain and good deep-water ports. The Packert Strait extends from Canada to the lowlands of Oregon. It is located between the Olympic Mountain and Willapa Mountain in the west and Cascade Mountain in the east.