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Place Name
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Walla Walla
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Walla Walla County
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Population
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26,478 (1990)
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Location
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Walla Walla County, Washington (WA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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46°04'N
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Longitude
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118°20'W
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Walla Walla
, city (1990 pop. 26,478),  Walla Walla co.,
SE Wash., c.115 mi/185 km SSW of Spokane, and
33 mi/53 km NE of Pendleton (Oregon), on Mill
Creek, 5 mi/8 km E of its junction with Walla
Walla R., 4 mi/6.4 km N of the Oregon state
line; 46°04'N 118°20'W. RR junction. It is a trade, processing, and
distributing center for a fertile farm and lumber area. Fruits and
vegetables (esp. green peas) are canned and frozen in numerous plants
there, grain is processed for animal feeds, and cans are manufactured;
mfg. (pesticides, printing and publishing, packaging machinery, archery
equip., irrigation equip., plumbing fixtures, wine, wood prods.). The
city also has a pulp and paper mill; logging. Umatilla Natl. Forest
(Wash. and Oregon state line) to SE. The old fur-trading Fort Walla
Walla was established near that site in 1818; the mission of Marcus
Whitman was also built (1836) nearby. Wagon trains began bringing
settlers in the 1840s, and Steptoeville (later Walla Walla) grew around
the U.S. military Fort Walla Walla (est. 1856). The name was changed
when the settlement became co. seat in 1859. Walla Walla is a dist. hq.
of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is also the seat of Whitman
Col., Walla Walla Col. (to SW, in College Place), and Walla Walla
Community Col., and Wash. State Penitentiary to NW of city. Whitman
Mission Natl. Historical Site to W. Walla Walla City-Co. Airport to NE.
Inc. 1862.
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