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词条 Wenatchee
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Wenatchee
Washington, United States
city, seat (1899) of Chelan county, central Washington, U.S., in the foothills of the Cascade Range, just below the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia rivers, opposite East Wenatchee; the name derives from the Yakima Indian wenachi, meaning “river flowing from a canyon.” It was founded in 1888 and moved 1 mile (1.6 km) east in 1892 to a location on the Great Northern Railway (Great Northern Railway Company). With the development of the Columbia River Irrigation Project, the city grew as a packing and shipping centre for a large fruit- (especially apple-) growing district. Lumber mills and an aluminum reduction plant also aided growth. The city is the headquarters of the Wenatchee National Forest and is a base for the resort areas of the eastern Cascades. Wenatchee institutions include the North Central Washington Museum (containing Indian and pioneer relics), Wenatchee Valley College (1939), and a Washington State University horticultural experiment station. The city hosts the annual Washington State Apple Blossom Festival (April–May). Inc. village, 1892; city, 1901. Pop. (1990) 21,756; (2000) 27,856.
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