Western United States
The Western United States is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term the West changed.
- Region with about 77,000,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 6,190 feet (1,890 metres)
- Description: region comprising the westernmost states of the United States
- Also known as“American West”“Far West”“The West”“Trans-Mississippi West”“West (U.S.)”“West (United States)”“Western States (USA)”“Western States of USA”“Western U.S.”
- Category: U.S. region
- Location
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Latitude
42.7727° or 42° 46′ 22″ north
Longitude
-116.9579° or 116° 57′ 28″ west
Open location code
85J5Q2FR+3R
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Western United States” goes by many names.
غرب الولايات المتحدةArabic
ولايات الغرب الأمريكيةArabic
ԱՄՆ արևմուտքArmenian
ԱՄՆ-ի արևմուտքArmenian
Oeste d’Estaos XuníosAsturian
Mendebaldeko Estatu BatuakBasque
Захад ЗШАBelarusian
Заходнія ЗШАBelarusian
Kornôg ar Stadoù-UnanetBreton
Rummad:Kornôg ar Stadoù-UnanetBreton
ЗападBulgarian
Oest dels Estats UnitsCatalan
ڕۆژاوای ویلایەتە یەکگرتووەکانCentral Kurdish
美國西部Chinese
Západ Spojených států americkýchCzech
Západ USACzech
Vestlige USADanish
Westelijke Verenigde StatenDutch
Okcidenta UsonoEsperanto
Länsi-YhdysvallatFinnish
oeste dos Estados UnidosGalician
Δυτικές Ηνωμένες ΠολιτείεςGreek
מערב ארצות הבריתHebrew
पश्चिमी संयुक्त राज्यHindi
Nyugat-Egyesült ÁllamokHungarian
Amerika Serikat BaratIndonesian
Stati Uniti d’America occidentaliItalian
アメリカ合衆国西部Japanese
미국 서부Korean
Civitates Foederatae OccidentalesLatin
ЗападMacedonian
Barat Amerika SyarikatMalay
The Far WestNorwegian Bokmål
غرب ایالات متحده آمریکاPersian
WestPiemontese
Zachód Stanów ZjednoczonychPolish
Vestul Statelor UniteRomanian
Запад СШАRussian
Istados Unidos de Amèrica OtzidentalesSardinian
ЗападSerbian
اولهائين آمريڪاSindhi
ZápadSlovak
ameriški zahodSlovenian
transmisisipijske ZDASlovenian
transmisisipijske Združene državeSlovenian
zahodne ZDASlovenian
zahodne Združene državeSlovenian
zahodne Združene države AmerikeSlovenian
غربی آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلریSouth Azerbaijani
وزترن آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلریSouth Azerbaijani
Västra USASwedish
เดอะเวสต์Thai
ฟาร์เวสต์Thai
ภาคตะวันตกของสหรัฐThai
อเมริกันเวสต์Thai
Batı eyaletleriTurkish
Захід СШАUkrainian
مغربی ریاستہائے متحدہUrdu
Stati Unii d’Amèrica osidentałiVenetian
Tây Hoa KìVietnamese
Tây Hoa KỳVietnamese
Tây MĩVietnamese
Tây MỹVietnamese
Westelike Verenigde StoatenVlaams
مغربی ریاستہائے متحدہWestern Panjabi
美國西部Yue Chinese
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