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Washington is located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is bordered on the north by the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the south by Oregon, on the east by Idaho, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Washington is the only state named for a U.S. president. Washington has beautiful glaciated mountains and dense forests in the west, and a vast expanse of golden grainland in the eastern section of the state. The state’s largest city, Seattle, is an important port and a gateway to East Asia and the Arctic North. Manufacturing industries in Washington include aircraft and missiles, shipbuilding and other transportation equipment, lumber, food processing, metals and metal products, chemicals, and machinery. A 2010 real estate survey has estimated the population of Washington at 6,664,195.

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Anacortes

Tom Caracciolo

E-mail: anacortesrealtor@attbi.com

Bellevue

Jim Price
All American Realty (4% Total Commission)
Phone: 206-818-0543

Bellevue Real Estate
Eastside/Seattle and the Greater Puget Sound.

Bremerton

Wanda Menees
John L. Scott
Phone: 360-731-8393

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Jefferson, Kitsap and Mason County with my team member Michelle Wilcox. Two working for you!

Chewelah

Sherri Sandy & Starr Delcupp

Chewelah Real Estate

Colville

Ken Barcus2

Colville Real Estate

Kennewick

Barbara Korten

E-mail: bkorten@urx.com

Menlo

Heidi Keller

E-mail: heidi@heidik.com

Olympia click here

Olympia is located on Budd Inlet of Puget Sound at the mouth of the Deschutes River. It is a commercial, manufacturing, and shipping center. Major manufactures include wood products, processed food, metal and paper containers, and mobile homes.

Port Ludlow

Wanda Menees

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Poulsbo

Wanda Menees

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Raymond

Heidi Keller

E-mail: heidi@heidik.com

Renton

Lydia Sayers

Richland

Barbara Korten

E-mail: bkorten@urx.com

Seattle click here

Seattle is the hub of the sprawling metropolitan region of Greater Seattle and is the largest city in Washington. There are 3.6 million people in Greater Seattle, one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States.

Sequim

Wanda Menees

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South Bend

Heidi Keller

E-mail: heidi@heidik.com

Tacoma click here

Tacoma is located in western Washington. It is a deepwater port on Commencement Bay, an arm of Puget Sound, at the mouth of the Puyallup River. The city is situated near the foot of Mount Rainier, its most prominent landmark.

Vancouver click here

Vancouver is located in southwestern Washington, a port at the head of deepwater navigation on the Columbia River, opposite Portland, Oregon. It is a commercial, manufacturing, and shipping center.

Whidbey Island click here

Whidbey Island marks the northern edge of Puget Sound. The island has five state parks and recreation areas, two of which include historic forts and tourists centers.

The fishing industry is of considerable importance, especially to western Washington. The state is among the leaders in the nation in the production of salmon, and the total value of its fish catch was $124.4 million in 1999. Fishing crews operate on the lower reaches of the Columbia River, the waters of Puget Sound, the coastal waters off the Olympic Peninsula, and as far away as Bristol Bay in Alaska. The chief species caught are salmon, albacore, herring, rockfish, cod, flounder, Dungeness crabs, and ocean perch.

Forests cover two-fifths of the state’s total land area, and much of this land is commercial timberland. The Cascades divide the state into two broad types of timberland, characterized by Douglas firs to the west and ponderosa pines to the east. The Douglas fir is the most abundant single species, and Washington has about a fifth of all the Douglas fir in the country. It is the leading species for lumber, accounting for more than a third of the state’s total. The hemlock and ponderosa pine are also important. Washington ranks second among the states in the production of lumber, following only Oregon. The largest timber harvests come from the counties between Puget Sound and the Columbia River and from those between the Pacific Coast and the Cascades. Until the 1950s, lumber ranked first among the state’s forest products, but since has been surpassed in importance by the production of pulp. Paper and lumber mills are located in valleys and on Puget Sound.

The timber industry in Washington underwent a difficult transition in the early 1990s. Environmental restrictions that were intended to preserve fish and wildlife habitat reduced the number of large, older trees available for cutting. Extensive harvests during peak years in the 1980s also limited supply. The result was the closure of many mills and a disruption in the economies of timber-dependent communities.

Washington’s mineral output is modest. Mining products with the highest value are sand and gravel used for construction, crushed stone, portland cement, gold, and magnesium metal. Other important minerals are clay, natural gemstones, and gypsum.

The Columbia River and its tributaries have the best hydroelectric power sites in the United States and quite possibly in the world. Washington ranks first in the nation in development of waterpower resources and in production of hydroelectricity. Huge hydroelectric plants are located in the state. They include the Grand Coulee, John Day, Chief Joseph, The Dalles, McNary, Wanapum, Priest Rapids, Rocky Reach, and Bonneville projects along the Columbia River. Smaller plants are found along the Yakima and Snake rivers, as well as in other parts of the state.

Both private and public utility companies operate large hydroelectric projects. Among nonfederal power projects are those on the Skagit River belonging to Seattle and those on the Skokomish, Nisqually, and Cowlitz rivers belonging to Tacoma. Altogether, in 1999, the state had 265 hydroelectric generators. The Grand Coulee Dam has a generating capacity of 6.5 million kilowatts, third largest in the world.

The Bonneville Power Administration, a division of the United States Department of the Interior, operates an integrated power transmission grid, which distributes electricity from federal dam sites. Because of its hydroelectric development, Washington’s average residential use of electricity is among the highest in the United States. Huge quantities of power are also consumed by the aluminum and paper and pulp industries. The low cost of electricity is one of Washington’s attractions to industry.

Even though Washington has tremendous hydropower generation, it still doesn’t supply all of the state’s needs. Coal-fired plants produce 11 percent of electricity, and 5 percent comes from Washington’s single nuclear plant, at Hanford. The plant is the only one to be completed out of five begun in the late 1970s. Tremendous cost escalation in the ambitious construction program halted construction on the others.

Seattle is the principal city of the Pacific Northwest. It is a cosmopolitan city having cultural, as well as economic, ties with Eastern Asia. In 2000 it had a population of 563,374; the population of the metropolitan area centered on the city was 3.6 million in 2000. Spokane, the major city of the Washington interior, had a population of 195,629 (2000). Tacoma, a manufacturing and shipping center on southern Puget Sound, had 193,556 people. Vancouver, on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon, reached 143,560 inhabitants in 2000 in part through annexation of suburban communities. Bellevue, located across Lake Washington from Seattle and home to many high technology businesses, had a population of 109,569. Other large cities in 2000 were Everett (91,488), Yakima (71,845), Bellingham (67,171), Kennewick (54,693), Bremerton (37,259), and Olympia (42,514).

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