Editing Central Washington

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'''Central Washington''' is a [[regions of Washington|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]].

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 defined as including Chelan, Douglas, and Okanogan counties. The Washington State Department of Transportation and the North Central Region Library includes Grant County<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/regions/NorthCentral/ |title=Dept of Transportation North Central District |access-date=2009-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720001053/http://wsdot.wa.gov/regions/northcentral |archive-date=2017-07-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In addition, the library system and the Heritage Museum includes Ferry County.<ref>http://www.ncrl.org/locations.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029213010/http://ncrl.org/locations.htm |date=2013-10-29 }} North Central Regional Library - Locations</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/ncrl North Central Washington Heritage</ref> Wenatchee is the largest city in this region.
*'''South Central Washington''' includes Benton, Kittitas, Klickitat, and Yakima Counties, in addition to all counties south of the Snake River, in the Department of Transportation use of the term.<ref>[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/regions/SouthCentral/ Washington State DOT South Central district]</ref> Yakima is the largest city in this region.

==Counties==
Central Washington is made up of the following counties:
*[[Benton County, Washington|Benton]]
*[[Chelan County, Washington|Chelan]]
*[[Douglas County, Washington|Douglas]]
*[[Grant County, Washington|Grant]]
*[[Kittitas County, Washington|Kittitas]]
*[[Klickitat County, Washington|Klickitat]]
*[[Okanogan County, Washington|Okanogan]]
*[[Yakima County, Washington|Yakima]]

==Cities of note==
*[[Chelan, Washington|Chelan]]
*[[East Wenatchee, Washington|East Wenatchee]]
*[[Ellensburg, Washington|Ellensburg]]
*[[Ephrata, Washington|Ephrata]]
*[[Moses Lake, Washington|Moses Lake]]
*[[Omak, Washington|Omak]]
*[[Wenatchee, Washington|Wenatchee]]
*[[Yakima, Washington|Yakima]]
*[[Quincy, Washington|Quincy]]

==Colleges and universities==
*[[Central Washington University]] in [[Ellensburg, Washington|Ellensburg]]
*[[Washington State University Tri-Cities]] in [[Richland, Washington|Richland]]
*[[Heritage University]] in [[Toppenish, Washington|Toppenish]]
*[[Wenatchee Valley College]] in [[Wenatchee, Washington|Wenatchee]]
*[[Big Bend Community College]] in [[Moses Lake, Washington|Moses Lake]]
*[[Yakima Valley College]] in [[Yakima, Washington|Yakima]]

==Notable mountain ranges==
*[[Cascade Range]]
*[[Chiwaukum Mountains]]
*[[Stuart Range]]
*[[Wenatchee Mountains]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ncwportal.com/ North Central Washington photos and information]

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