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How many universities are there in Washington?
There are only two universities in the United States that can be called Washington University. The official legal entities of these two universities are the University of Washington, and the Chinese translations of these two universities are the same. The University of Washington (St. Louis), located in St. Louis, Missouri, was founded on February 22nd after George Washington, the founding father of the United States. 1853. It is a private comprehensive research university, and the comprehensive ranking of American universities is 65438+. University of Washington (Seattle), located in Seattle, a famous coastal city in western Washington, was founded in 186 1. It is also a world-class university, ranking 52nd in American universities and 16 in world universities. One of the two universities was named Washington University because it is located in Washington State, and Wu was named in memory of the great American President George Washington.

Other universities with the words Washington are:

Washington State University, Washington.

George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

George Washington himself donated Washington and Li Daxue, and so on.

Washington, D.C., also known as Huadu and Washington for short, is the capital of the United States of America. It is named after George Washington, the first president of the United States. It is close to Virginia and Maryland and is located in the northeastern United States and the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a special administrative division established as the capital in 1790, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the US Congress, so it does not belong to any state in the United States.

As of 20 16, the downtown area of Washington is 177 square kilometers and the population is 68 10000. The highest authority in Washington, D.C. is the U.S. Congress, which administers it through the Washington City Government. But Washington citizens have only one voting representative in the House of Representatives and no representative in the Senate.

Washington's real GDP in 20 16 was109.3 billion dollars, ranking 34th among American states. Its main industry is related to government agencies. It is the seat of most American federal government agencies and embassies in the United States, the headquarters of international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Organization of American States, and it also has many museums and cultural and historical sites.