IWashington yaba kanjani izwe?
Context:I-Washington, ngokusemthethweni i-State of Washington futhi evame ukubizwa ngokuthi yiWashington state ukuze ihlukaniswe nenhlokodolobha yase-USA, iWashington, DC, iyisifundazwe esifundeni sasePacific Northwest esifundeni saseNtshonalanga ye-United States. Eqanjwe ngoGeorge Washington - umongameli wokuqala wase-US - izwe lakhiwa engxenyeni esentshonalanga yeWashington Territory, eyanikezwa uMbuso WaseBrithani ngo-1846, yiSivumelwano Sase-Oregon ekuxazululeni impikiswano yemingcele yase-Oregon. Lesi sifundazwe sinqamula i-Pacific Ocean entshonalanga, i-Oregon eningizimu, i-Idaho empumalanga, kanye nesifundazwe saseCanada iBritish Columbia enyakatho. Yamukelwa e-Union njengezwe lama-42 ngo-1889. I-Olympia iyinhloko-dolobha yesifundazwe; idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke lesifundazwe yiSeattle.
IWashington yaba yisifundazwe sama-42 e-United States of America ngo-1889. I - United States Congress yaphasisa umthetho owawuvumela izindawo zaseWashington, eNyakatho Dakota, eNingizimu Dakota, naseMontana ukuba zifune ukuba izifundazwe.