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About Spokane, Washington
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Aerial view of Downtown Spokane
Upper Spokane Falls
Spokane River Centennial Trail
Riverfront Park
Manito Park
Monroe Street Bridge
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The Lilac City
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Creative by Nature
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47ยฐ39โฒ32โณN 117ยฐ25โฒ30โณW๏ปฟ / ๏ปฟ47.65889ยฐN 117.42500ยฐW |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Spokane |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Incorporated | November 29, 1881 |
| Founded by | James N. Glover |
| Named for | Spokane people |
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| ย โขย Type | Mayorโcouncil |
| ย โขย Body | Spokane City Council |
| ย โขย Mayor | Nadine Woodward (R) |
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| ย โขย City | 69.50ย sqย mi (179.99ย km) |
| ย โขย Land | 68.76ย sqย mi (178.09ย km2) |
| ย โขย Water | 0.74ย sqย mi (1.91ย km) ย 1.28% |
| Elevation | 1,843ย ft (562ย m) |
| Population
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| ย โขย City | 228,989 |
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| ย โขย Rank | US: 96th |
| ย โขย Density | 3,300/sqย mi (1,300/km2) |
| ย โขย Urban | 447,279 (US: 90th) |
| ย โขย Urbanย density | 2,605.4/sqย mi (1,006.0/km) |
| ย โขย Metro | 593,466 (US: 98th) |
| ย โขย CSA | 757,146 (US: 70th) |
| Demonym | Spokanite |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| ย โขย Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
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| Area code | 509 |
| Official tree | Ponderosa Pine |
| GNIS feature ID | 1512683 |
| Website | my.spokanecity.org |
Spokane ( spoh-KAN) is the most populous city in and chair of paperwork of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 92 miles (148ย km) south of the Canadian border, 18 miles (30ย km) west of the WashingtonโIdaho border, and 279 miles (449ย km) east of Seattle, along I-90.
Spokane is the economic and cultural center of the Spokane metropolitan area, the SpokaneโCoeur d’Alene collection statistical area, and the Inland Northwest. It is known as the birthplace of Father’s Day, and locally by the nickname of “Lilac City”. Officially, Spokane goes by the nickname of Hooptown USA, due to Spokane annually hosting Spokane Hoopfest, the world’s largest basketball tournament. The city and the wider Inland Northwest Place are served by Spokane International Airport, 5 miles (8ย km) west of Downtown Spokane. According to the 2010 census, Spokane had a population of 208,916, making it the second-most populous city in Washington, and the 101st-largest city in the United States. At the 2020 census, Spokane’s population was 228,989. A 2021 estimate sets the population of the Spokane Metropolitan Area at 593,466.
The first people to breathing in the area, the Spokane tribe (their post meaning “children of the sun” in Salishan), lived off profuse game. David Thompson explored the area with the westward develop and foundation of the North West Company’s Spokane House in 1810. This trading reveal was the first long-term European concurrence in Washington. Completion of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1881 brought settlers to the Spokane area. The thesame year it was officially incorporated as a city under the state of Spokane Falls (it was re-incorporated below its current name ten years later). In the late 19th century, gold and silver were discovered in the Inland Northwest. The local economy depended on mining, timber, and agriculture until the 1980s. Spokane hosted the first environmentally themed World’s fair at Expo ’74.