Washington
The state of Washington in the northwestern part of the United States of America, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and return the name of the state in memory "to the memory of the late U.S. President George Washington, and the proportion of the Arab population of 0.25% of the total population, mostly civilians, numbering about 5300 people, while there are 1250 U.S. citizen of Syrian origin and 1,400 citizen of Egyptian origin. The percentage of Muslims, about 1%, thus ranking among the 21 U.S. states, according to "Statistics Council of Islamic Organizations in the city of Chicago. Among the most famous mosques there and Al Farouk Yassin mosque in the city of Seattle and Seattle's Bilal mosque in the city of Richmond, Richmond and the Islamic Centre in the city of Seattle. One of the main parameters of the mandate Mountains Reiner Olympic and St. Helens and Recreation North Cascades National and Fort Vancouver Historical and Scientific Center for Research in Seattle and the needle space Space Needle in Seattle and the Museum of Washington National Washington National Museum and the Museum of Glass Glass Museum in Tacoma which displays all works of art made of glass all over the world. Among the most famous artistic personalities singer and musician Ray Charles Ray Charles and newsman Bob Barker Bob Barker. Is also famous for Washington being has four of the five largest pontoon bridges Floating Bridges in the world, Evergreen Point Floating Bridge Lacy Murrow Memorial Bridge Homer M Bridge Hadley Bridge Among the most famous sports clubs in the state of Washington Club Seahawks football in the city of Seattle Seattle Club Supersonics basketball City of Seattle and there are also club Seattle Mariners in the same city, one of baseball's most popular clubs.
Date and Washington
The many European explorers to the state of Washington, led by traveler Spanish Bruno Hesseta Bruno Heceta, 1775, and the seas Robert Gray Robert Gray in 1792 and the captain England George Vancouver George Vancouver, while the American Lewis Clark Lewis Clark to explore the Columbia River and coastal region in the period of 1805 until 1806 and that at the request of the U.S. government. And caught the differences between American colonists and the British because of the dispute over the ownership of some land in the state of Washington, which threatened civil war in the period 1840 and came the Origin Oregon in 1846 to abate this war, and joined the Washington State of the Union of the U.S. on November 11, 1889 to become the state No. 42. And adopted, and Washington in the past on agriculture, logging and cultivation of apples, especially in the Valley of Yakima, and then developed into other industries such as fishing and mining, with the advent of the twentieth century became famous Washington to have been associated in the minds of many Americans ruthlessness and violence as the rest of the American West wicked Wild West, especially the city of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, which spread where vice and gambling until he became violent, drug addiction and a stain on Haunted until the late eighties of the twentieth century.
Geography of Washington
Limiting the state of Washington east, "the mandate of the supported Lahu Idaho, and west," The Pacific, and north, "the Canadian province of British Columbia, British Columbia, and south," Oregon Oregon. The state consists of 39 provinces, the total area is 172,349 km 2, and thus ranked eighteenth among the United States of America in terms of area. Contains the state of Washington on several rivers of the most important of the Columbia River Columbia River, Snake Snake River Yakima Yakima is also characterized by the presence of several mountains, including Mount Adams, Mount Adams and Mount Baker Mount Baker and Rene Mount Rainier, one of the highest mountains in the state is a peninsula Olympian of the regions of rainfall in the world . Olympia is the state capital Olympia and has a population of 42,512 inhabitants, is the city of Seattle Seattle of the largest cities of the state with a population of 589,101 people, and other large cities, Tacoma Tacoma, Vancouver Vancouver.
Washington residents
According to statistics in 2003 has a population of 5,894,121 people, and Washington, and thus is ranked 15 in terms of population and the proportion of population density 34.2 per sq km. The whites of European ancestry overwhelming majority of 81.8%, and African-Americans and Asians 3.2% 5,5%, Indians 1.6% and Latin America 7,5% and 3,6% mixed races in addition to 3.9% not named in Statistics. The proportion of the homes have 66% and the poverty rate 11.8%
Economics and Washington
Total gross national product of the state of Washington $ 244 billion in 2003, it ranked marginal ten in the size of the economy between U.S. states, and the average per capita income a year, "35 299 dollars, and unemployment reached 5,5% in 2004. Total production industry $ 22 billion and Gaza Health $ 17 billion and the government sector $ 36 billion. and enjoy the Washington economy, good and varied and ranks first in the cultivation of strawberries, raspberries and ranked second in the production of grapes, with total crop 3.2 billion in 2003 and major agricultural products in the state, beans, lentils, corn, pears, cherries and apples. The most important key industries are designing and manufacturing of aircraft (Boeing Company, 30 km north of Seattle) and the production of computer software (Microsoft, Amazon and Tindo) and electronic industries, and Biochemistry (company Koriksa Corixa in Seattle and the company ZymoGenetics) is also famous for the Washington State industry aluminum. The Magazine Vorch Fortune five companies located in the city of Seattle among the top five hundred companies in the world for 2004 are the company and Washington Miochol Washington Mutual Financial Services and the insurance company Safco Safeco Corporation and markets Nord Storm Nordstrom and Amazon Internet Amazaon.com and coffee chain Starbucks Starbucks.
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