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Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory and admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. In 2011, the Census Bureau estimated the state's population at 6,830,038. Named after George Washington, it is the only U.S. state named after a president. Residents are called "Washingtonians" (emphasis on the third syllable, pronounced as tone). Washington is sometimes called Washington State or the State of Washington to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital. Template:/box-footer The skyline of Seattle, Washington at dusk, viewed from the south. The Columbia Center (middle) is the second tallest building on the west coast of the United States, and the twelfth tallest in the United States. Smith Tower (left), completed 1914, was at one time the fourth tallest building in the world. The highway in the foreground is Interstate 5. Paul Allen Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates. Allen regularly appears on lists of the richest people in the world. As of February 11, 2008, Forbes ranks him as the 42nd richest man in the world, worth an estimated $16 billion. He is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc., which is his private asset management company, and is chairman of Charter Communications. Allen also has a multibillion dollar investment portfolio which includes large stakes in DreamWorks Animation SKG, Digeo, real estate holdings, and more than 40 other technology, media, and content companies. Allen also owns three professional sports teams: the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League, the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association, and the Seattle Sounders FC franchise in Major League Soccer that will begin playing in the 2009 season. (more...) ...that Washington State Route 339 is the only state highway in Washington state to consist only of a Washington State Ferries route? ...that the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, also known as the Rattle in Seattle, had only one death that was caused by a stress-related heart condition at the time of the earthquake. ...that the New York Times printed an erroneous article that stated that protesters at the 1999 WTO convention in Seattle threw Molotov cocktails? Two days later, the New York Times printed a correction, but the original error persisted in later accounts in the mainstream media. Wikinews Washington portal April 29: US Soccer: Seattle Sounders defeat Portland Timbers April 22: US Soccer: S2 lose two on the road April 13: US Soccer: Seattle Sounders fall to LA Galaxy 1-0 April 12: US soccer: Sounders 2 maintain win streak with 2-1 victory over Timbers 2 April 12: Wikimedian Cindy Ashley-Nelson dies at conference in Berlin More anniversaries... The Hanford Site is a decommissioned nuclear production complex on the Columbia River in south-central Washington operated by the United States government. The site has been known by many names, including Hanford Works, Hanford Engineer Works, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and the Hanford Project. Established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project, it was home to the B-Reactor, the first full-scale plutonium production reactor in the world. Plutonium manufactured at the site was used in the first nuclear bomb, tested at the Trinity site, and in Fat Man, the bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan. (more...) See also: Good articles relating to Washington Featured articles (see also FA-Class Washington articles) 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens Seattle D. B. Cooper Hanford Site American Goldfinch Orca Microsoft Mount St. Helens Grunge Columbia River CenturyLink Field Featured lists (see also FL-Class Washington articles) Areas in the National Park System of the United States Tallest buildings in Seattle Seattle Seahawks first-round draft picks Seattle Mariners managers U.S. states by elevation List of tallest buildings in Bellevue, Washington List of Seattle Mariners Opening Day starting pitchers Featured pictures (see also FM-Class Washington articles) Lewis and Clark expedition map at Lewis and Clark Expedition, by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Seattle skyline by Cacophony Play media The collapse of Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940), the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge, by Stillman Fires Collection A BNSF freight train between Kennewick and Wishram in southern Washington Mount St. Helens by Gregg M. Erickson Template:/box-footer Attractions: Mount Rainier National Park • Mount St. Helens National Monument • Seattle Center • Olympic National Park • Grand Coulee Dam • Columbia River Gorge • Boeing Everett Factory Metro Areas: Seattle • Vancouver-Portland, Oregon • Spokane • Kennewick-Pasco-Richland • Mount Vernon-Burlington-Bellingham • Aberdeen-Hoquiam Culture: Music • Religion Education: Higher Education Geography: Regions • The Cascades • Central Washington • Columbia Gorge • Columbia Plateau • Columbia River • Eastern Washington • Inland Empire • Kitsap Peninsula • Long Beach Peninsula • Okanogan Country • Seattle Metro • Olympic Peninsula • Palouse • Puget Sound • San Juan Islands • Skagit Valley • Western Washington • Yakima Valley Government: Washington Constitution • Washington State Legislature • Washington Supreme Court Washington State Capitol Legislative Building Dome History: Oregon boundary dispute • Whitman massacre • Washington Territory • Boeing • Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Galloping Gertie) • 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens • Grunge music • 1999 WTO Protests • 2001 Nisqually earthquake People: Paul Allen • William Boeing • Maria Cantwell • Kurt Cobain • William O. Douglas • Bill Gates • Jimi Hendrix • Jay Inslee • Henry M. Jackson • Patty Murray • Edward R. Murrow • Chief Seattle • Isaac Stevens Sports: Seattle Seahawks • Seattle Mariners • Seattle Sounders FC • University of Washington • Washington State University Transportation: Amtrak Cascades • Amtrak Empire Builder • Ferries • Interstate 5 • Interstate 82 • Interstate 90 • Washington State Route 20 • Link Light Rail • Pacific Crest Trail • Scenic routes • Sound Transit • Steamboats of the Columbia River • Tacoma Narrows Bridge • U.S. Route 2 • U.S. Route 12 • U.S. Route 97 • U.S. Route 101 • U.S. Route 195 • U.S. Route 395 Washington (state)-related lists Education Colleges and universities High schools School districts Economy Hospitals Hydroelectric dams Geography Cities Counties County seats Government Governors United States Representatives United States Senators History Royal Navy ships in the Pacific Northwest Ghost towns Law Law enforcement agencies State prisons Media Newspapers Radio stations Television stations Natural history State forests Rivers People Governors of Washington Mayors of Seattle People from Washington Protected areas State parks Registered Historic Places Transportation Airports Crossings of the Columbia River Crossings of the Molalla River Crossings of the Snake River Railroads Numbered Highways State highways WikiProject Washington Washington WikiProject Washington State Highways Washington State Highways WikiProject Eastern Washington Eastern Washington WikiProject Seattle Seattle Seattle Mariners Template:/box-header {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington/to do}} Template:/box-footer United States British Columbia Idaho Microsoft Oregon Seattle Seattle Template:/box-footer What are portals? 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