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| At the Johnston Ridge Visitor Center in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in September 2004. The 110,000 acre National Volcanic
Monument was created in 1982 following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. |
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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 |
 State Tree : Western Hemlock |
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