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Yakima (Wash.)

LC control no.n 79064932
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Geographic headingYakima (Wash.)
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Geographic subdivision usageWashington (State)--Yakima
Variant(s)Yakima, Wash.
City of Yakima (Wash.)
Якима (Wash.)
I︠A︡kima (Wash.)
ヤキマ (Wash.)
Якіма (Wash.)
See alsoNorth Yakima (Wash.)
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedWashington (State)
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inNUCMC data from Univ. of Washington Lib. for Carkeek, V. Papers, ca. 1900-1920 (North Yakima, Wash.)
Hitchman, R. Place Names of Washington, 1985 (Yakima; in 1861, a settlement at northern entrance to Union Gap; inc. in 1883 as Yakima City; when Northern Pacific Railway Co. failed to get certain concessions from town in 1884, it est. a station 4 miles west and moved over 100 bldgs. free of charge to new townsite called North Yakima; in 1918, Washington State legislature changed name of North Yakima to Yakima, and the name of Yakima City to Union Gap; with subsequent growth, the two places have joined boundaries)
Phillips, J. Washington State Place Names, 1971 (Yakima; formerly North Yakima)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 46°36ʹ07ʺN 120°30ʹ21ʺW)
Wikipedia, Oct. 7, 2011 (Yakima, Washington; City of Yakima; 46°36ʹ7ʺN 120°30ʹ28ʺW) Bulgarian page (Якима = I︠A︡kima) Japanese page (ヤキマ = Yakima) Ukrainian page (Якіма = I︠A︡kima) March 17, 2019 (Yakima, Washington; City of Yakima; city in and the county seat of Yakima County; 46°36ʹN 120°30ʹW)
Geographic area coden-us-wa