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.
- Type: Region with 77,000,000 residents
- Description: region comprising the westernmost states of the United States
- Also known as: “American West”, “amerikanischer Westen”, “ameriški zahod”, “El Oeste”, “Far Ouest”, “Far West”, “Lejano Oeste”, “Oeste (Estados Unidos)”, “Oeste Americano”, “Oeste Estadounidense”, “Tây Hoa Kì”, “Tây Mĩ”, “Tây Mỹ”, “The West”, “Trans-Mississippi West”, “transmisisipijske ZDA”, “transmisisipijske Združene države”, “West (U.S.)”, “West (United States)”, “West U.S.”, “West United States”, “West-USA”, “Western States (USA)”, “Western States of USA”, “Western U.S.”, “westliche USA”, “westliche Vereinigte Staaten”, “zahodne ZDA”, “zahodne Združene države”, “Заходнія ЗША”, “เดอะเวสต์”, “ฟาร์เวสต์”, and “อเมริกันเวสต์”
Western United States
- Category: U.S. region
- Location: United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.7727° or 42° 46′ 22″ north
Longitude
-116.9579° or 116° 57′ 28″ west
Population
77,000,000
Elevation
6,194 feet (1,888 metres)
Open location code
85J5Q2FR+3R
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Western United States” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غرب الولايات المتحدة”
- Arabic: “ولايات الغرب الأمريكية”
- Armenian: “ԱՄՆ արևմուտք”
- Armenian: “ԱՄՆ-ի արևմուտք”
- Asturian: “Oeste d’Estaos Xuníos”
- Basque: “Mendebaldeko Estatu Batuak”
- Belarusian: “Захад ЗША”
- Breton: “Kornôg ar Stadoù-Unanet”
- Breton: “Rummad:Kornôg ar Stadoù-Unanet”
- Bulgarian: “Запад”
- Catalan: “Oest dels Estats Units”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕۆژاوای ویلایەتە یەکگرتووەکان”
- Chinese: “美國西部”
- Czech: “Západ Spojených států amerických”
- Czech: “Západ USA”
- Danish: “Vestlige USA”
- Dutch: “Westelijke Verenigde Staten”
- Esperanto: “Okcidenta Usono”
- Finnish: “Länsi-Yhdysvallat”
- French: “Ouest américain”
- Galician: “oeste dos Estados Unidos”
- German: “Westen der Vereinigten Staaten”
- Greek: “Δυτικές Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες”
- Hebrew: “מערב ארצות הברית”
- Hindi: “पश्चिमी संयुक्त राज्य”
- Hungarian: “Nyugat-Egyesült Államok”
- Indonesian: “Amerika Serikat Barat”
- Italian: “Stati Uniti d’America occidentali”
- Japanese: “アメリカ合衆国西部”
- Korean: “미국 서부”
- Latin: “Civitates Foederatae Occidentales”
- Macedonian: “Запад”
- Malay: “Barat Amerika Syarikat”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Far West”
- Persian: “غرب ایالات متحده آمریکا”
- Piemontese: “West”
- Polish: “Zachód Stanów Zjednoczonych”
- Portuguese: “Região Oeste”
- Romanian: “Vestul Statelor Unite”
- Russian: “Запад США”
- Sardinian: “Istados Unidos de Amèrica Otzidentales”
- Serbian: “Запад”
- Sindhi: “اولهائين آمريڪا”
- Slovak: “Západ”
- Slovenian: “zahodne Združene države Amerike”
- South Azerbaijani: “غربی آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری”
- South Azerbaijani: “وزترن آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری”
- Spanish: “oeste de Estados Unidos”
- Spanish: “Oeste de Estados Unidos”
- Swedish: “Västra USA”
- Thai: “ภาคตะวันตกของสหรัฐ”
- Turkish: “Batı eyaletleri”
- Ukrainian: “Захід США”
- Urdu: “مغربی ریاستہائے متحدہ”
- Venetian: “Stati Unii d’Amèrica osidentałi”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Hoa Kỳ”
- Vlaams: “Westelike Verenigde Stoaten”
- Western Panjabi: “مغربی ریاستہائے متحدہ”
- Yue Chinese: “美國西部”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: South Mountain and Cliffs.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Jims Peak and Sonneman Mine.
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