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At the 605-foot tall Space Needle in Seattle. The Needle was built in 1962 as the symbol for the World's Fair. |
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Website : access.wa.gov |
Capital
: Olympia |
Highest
point : Mount
Rainier, 14, 410 feet |
Area : 71,303 square miles,
18th largest state. |
Population : 5,894,121
(2000 Census) |
Motto
: Alki
(By and By) |
Admitted to
Union : November
11, 1889 |
State
Song : "Washington, My Home" |
State Bird : Yellow Goldfinch |
State Flower : Coast Rhododendron
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State Tree : Western Hemlock
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