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San Juan County, Washington : ウィキペディア英語版 | San Juan County, Washington
San Juan County is a county located in the Salish Sea in the far northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 census, its population was 15,769.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/53/53055.html )〕 The county seat and only incorporated city is Friday Harbor,〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 located on San Juan Island. The county was formed on October 31, 1873 from Whatcom County〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5380 )〕 and is named for the San Juan Islands, which are in turn named for Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, the Viceroy of New Spain. It is the only county in Washington not to have state highways. ==History== The San Juan Islands were the subject of a territorial dispute between Great Britain and the United States from 1846–1872, leading to the Pig War in 1859.
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