Central Washington

Central Washington
Region
Country	United States
State	Washington

Borders on	British Columbia, Oregon, Cascade Range/Western Washington
River	Columbia River

Coordinates	47°30′N 120°0′W / 47.500°N 120.000°W / 47.500; -120.000Coordinates: 47°30′N 120°0′W / 47.500°N 120.000°W / 47.500; -120.000

Central Washington is a region of the U.S. state of Washington between the western and eastern parts of the state extending from the border with the Canadian province of British Columbia in the north to the border with the U.S. state of Oregon in the south. Generally, the western edge is the Cascade Range and the eastern edge is in the vicinity of the 119th meridian west, however there is no agreed definition for the extent of Central Washington. In addition, the term Eastern Washington usually includes Central Washington.

Central Washington is also further divided into North Central and South Central. Washington State Department of Transportation uses these groupings as part of their district office divisions.

North Central Washington, or NCW, is universally defined as including Chelan, Douglas, and Okanogan counties. The Washington State Department of Transportation and the North Central Region Library includes Grant County^[1] In addition, the library system and the Heritage Museum includes Ferry County.^[2]^[3] Wenatchee is the largest city in this region.
South Central Washington includes Benton, Kititias, Klickitat, and Yakima Counties, in addition to all counties south of the Snake River, in the Department of Transportation use of the term.^[4] Yakima is the largest city in this region, Yakima and the Tri-Cities are the largest metro areas of this region.

Counties

Central Washington is made up of the following counties:

Cities of note

Chelan
East Wentachee
Ellensburg
Ephrata
Moses Lake
Omak
Tri-Cities (consists of Kennewick, Richland, and Pasco)
Wenatchee
Yakima
Quincy, Washington

Colleges and universities

Notable mountain ranges

References

↑ Dept of Transportation North Central District
↑ http://www.ncrl.org/locations.htm North Central Regional Library - Locations
↑ http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/ncrl North Central Washington Heritage
↑ Washington State DOT South Central district

External links

North Central Washington photos and information

State of Washington

Olympia (capital)

Topics

Society

Politics

Government	Law Governors Legislature Legislative districts Senate House Legislative initiatives Popular initiatives Congressional delegation Congressional districts City governments

State agencies	Agriculture Archaeology and Historic Preservation Commerce Corrections Early Learning Ecology Employment Security Enterprise Services Financial Institutions Fish and Wildlife Health Higher Education Coordinating Board Information Services Labor and Industries Licensing Military Natural Resources Parks Institute for Public Policy Public Stadium Authority Public Disclosure Commission Retirement Systems Revenue Services for the Blind Social and Health Services Transportation Utilities and Transportation

Regions

Western	Kitsap Peninsula Long Beach Peninsula Olympic Peninsula Puget Sound San Juan Islands Skagit Valley

Eastern/Inland	Central Washington Columbia Plateau Methow Valley Okanogan Country Palouse Yakima Valley

Shared	Cascade Range Columbia Gorge Columbia River

Largest
cities

Seattle Spokane Tacoma Vancouver Bellevue Kent Everett Renton Yakima Federal Way Spokane Valley Kirkland Bellingham Kennewick Auburn Pasco Marysville Lakewood Redmond Shoreline Richland

Metropolitan areas	Greater Seattle Greater Spokane Tri-Cities Wenatchee metropolitan area Greater Portland and Vancouver

Counties

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