Tourism in Washington
WashingtonLies the state of Washington in the northwestern part of the United States, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and return the name of the state in memory "in memory of former President George Washington, and the proportion of the Arab population of 0.25% of the total population, most of them Lebanese, numbering about 5300 people, while there are 1.250 U.S. citizen of Syrian origin and 1,400 citizen of Egyptian origin. The proportion of Muslims, about 1%, and thus occupies ranked among the 21 U.S. states, according "to the statistics of the Council of Islamic Organizations in Chicago. Among the most famous mosques there and all Yasin Farooq mosque in the city of Seattle, Seattle and the Bilal Mosque in the city of Richmond, Richmond and the Islamic Centre in the city of Seattle. One of the main features of the state Mountain Reiner Olympic and St. Helens and Recreation North Cascades National and Fort Vancouver Historical and Scientific Center for Research in Seattle and the needle Satellite Space Needle in Seattle and the Museum of Washington National Washington National Museum and the Museum of Glass Glass Museum in Tacoma It presents all works of art made of glass all over the world. Among the most famous artistic personalities musician and singer Ray Charles Ray Charles and TV Broadcaster Bob Barker Bob Barker. Is also famous for Washington being has four of the five largest bridges floating 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, a club Supersonics basketball in City of Seattle and there are also Club Seattle Mariners in the same city, one of the most popular clubs baseball.
Date of WashingtonCame many of the European explorers to the state of Washington, headed by travelers Spanish Bruno Hesseta Bruno Heceta in 1775, and seas, the American Robert Gray Robert Gray Year 1792 and the captain England George Vancouver George Vancouver, while the American Lewis Clark Lewis Clark explored the Columbia River and the coastal region in the period of 1805 and 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 outbreak of war in the period 1840 and made the agreement Origin Oregon in 1846 to suppress fire of 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 and 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, linked in the minds of many Americans ruthlessness and violence like the rest of the American West wicked Wild West, particularly the city of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, which has spread where vice and gambling clubs to become violence and drug addiction and the stigma of its crisis until the late eighties of the twentieth century.
Geography of WashingtonLimit the State of Washington east "state supported Lahu Idaho, and west," The Pacific, and north, "the Canadian province of British Columbia British Columbia, and south," an Oregon Oregon. The state is made up of 39 provinces, total area 172,349 km 2, and thus occupies the eighteenth place between the United States in terms of area. Contains the state of Washington on several rivers of the most important of the Columbia River Columbia River and 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 Olympic-size of the regions of rainfall in the world . Olympia is the state capital, Olympia has a population of 42,512 inhabitants, is the city of Seattle Seattle from the state's largest city with a population of 589,101 people, and other large cities, Tacoma Tacoma, Vancouver Vancouver.
Washington residentsAccording to statistics in 2003, has a population of 5,894,121 people, Washington, and thus occupies the 15th place in terms of population and the proportion of population density 34.2 per square kilometer. The whites of European descent overwhelming majority of 81.8% and 3.2% of African Americans and Asians 5.5% and Indians 1.6% and 7.5% Latin Americans of mixed race and 3.6% to 3.9% as well not named in Statistics. The proportion of those who own their homes and 66% poverty rate 11.8%.
Washington's economyThe total GDP for the Washington State 244 billion in 2003 and thus ranks marginal centuries in the size of the economy between U.S. states, and the average per capita income a year, "35,299 dollars, and reached the unemployment rate 5.5% in 2004. Total production industry $ 22 billion and the sector Health $ 17 billion and the government sector $ 36 billion. and enjoy Washington's economy is good and varied, where occupies the first rank in the cultivation of strawberries, raspberries and ranked second in the production of grapes and the total agricultural crops 3.2 billion dollars in 2003 and major agricultural products in the state, beans, lentils, corn, pears and cherries and apples. The most important major industries are the design and manufacture of aircraft (Boeing, 30 km north of Seattle) and the production of computer software (Microsoft, Amazon and Tindo) and electronic industries, Biochemistry Company (Koriksa Corixa in Seattle and the company ZymoGenetics) is also famous for Washington state manufacturing aluminum. The Magazine Vorch Fortune five companies located in the city of Seattle among the top five hundred companies in the world for 2004 and are the company and Washington Maochol Washington Mutual financial services and insurance company Safeco Safeco Corporation, markets Nord Storm Nordstrom and Amazon Internet Amazaon.com and chain cafes Starbucks Starbucks.
Some forms of nightlife in Washington
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