Washington

Washington, also called Washington State to differentiate it from Washington DC, is one of fifty states that, together with Washington DC, make up the United States of America. Its capital is Olympia and its most populous city, Seattle. It is located in the western region of the country, the Pacific division, bounded on the north by Canada, on the east by Idaho, on the south by Oregon, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. He was admitted to the Union on November 11, 1889, as state number 42.