Yakima
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- Names
Yakima
North Yakima
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on Yakima river in S central Washington; irrigation in 1891 brought agricultural productivity; named for Yakima Indians whose reservation is nearby; Amerindian petroglyphs are found along old trail near city; gateway to Yakima Valley wine country.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- AAA: Oregon/Washington (1993); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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