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2005-08-26T00:14:50Z

JonMoore: rm vandalism of 20 July, added more info

<table align="right"><tr><td>''[[image:Easternwashington.PNG|Eastern Washington State, U.S.A.]]''</td></tr></table>

'''Eastern Washington''' is a [[region of the United States]] defined as that part of [[Washington state]] [[east]] of the [[Cascade Mountains]]. It is notable for, among other things:

*[[Central Washington University]]
*The [[Columbia River]] and the [[Grand Coulee Dam]]
*[[Eastern Washington University]]
*[[Gonzaga University]]
*[[Hanford Site|Hanford Nuclear Reservation]]
*The [[Palouse]]: very fertile [[farmland]]; among its products are [[lentils]] and [[wheat]]
*[[Washington State University]]
*[[Whitman College]]
*The [[Yakima Valley]]: also very fertile farmland; amongs its products are [[apples]], [[hops]], [[wine]] [[grapes]], [[pear]]s, and [[cherries]]

There have been sporadic movements to create a [[51st state]] out of Eastern Washington by splitting the current state down the Cascades, but proposals have rarely progressed out of the state legislature's committees. Recent proposals were made in [[1996]], [[1999]], and [[2005]]. Proposed names for the new state have included ''Eastern Washington'', ''Lincoln'', and ''Columbia''. Many of these proposals were to include the [[Idaho Panhandle]]. See: [[State of Lincoln]] for more information.

Compared to [[Western Washington]], Eastern Washington has roughly twice the land area and one-third the population. According to the US Census Bureau the population estimate as of 2004 was 1,371,802. The population growth rate between the two is roughly the same.

[[Adams County, Washington|Adams]], [[Asotin County, Washington|Asotin]], [[Benton County, Washington|Benton]], [[Chelan County, Washington|Chelan]], [[Columbia County, Washington|Columbia]], [[Douglas County, Washington|Douglas]], [[Ferry County, Washington|Ferry]], [[Franklin County, Washington|Franklin]], [[Garfield County, Washington|Garfield]], [[Grant County, Washington|Grant]], [[Kittitas County, Washington|Kittitas]], [[Klickitat County, Washington|Klickitat]], [[Lincoln County, Washington|Lincoln]], [[Okanogan County, Washington|Okanogan]], [[Pend Oreille County, Washington|Pend Oreille]], [[Spokane County, Washington|Spokane]], [[Stevens County, Washington|Stevens]], [[Walla Walla County, Washington|Walla Walla]], [[Whitman County, Washington|Whitman]], and [[Yakima County, Washington|Yakima]] Counties are in Eastern Washington.

==Cities of note==
*[[Clarkston, Washington|Clarkston]]
*[[Colfax, Washington|Colfax]]
*[[Ellensburg, Washington|Ellensburg]]
*[[Moses Lake, Washington|Moses Lake]]
*[[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]]
*[[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]]
*[[Tri-Cities, Washington|Tri-Cities]]
*[[Walla Walla, Washington|Walla Walla]]
*[[Wenatchee, Washington|Wenatchee]]
*[[Yakima, Washington|Yakima]]

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