Spokane, Washington

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Spokane (pronounced spō-CAN) is the second largest city in Washington state, the third largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest. It is the county seat of Spokane County in the State of Washington, USA. It was originally incorporated as "Spokan Falls" (without an e at the end), drawing on the Native American tribe known as the Spokane, which means "Children of the Sun." Spokane is often referred to as the Lilac City (for its flowers).

The town site was originally platted about 1880, surrounding the falls of the Spokane River where the river descends from the Selkirk Mountain range into the Columbia Plateau. Spokane is 280 miles (450 km) east of Seattle and 375 miles (600 km) northeast of Portland.

The 2000 census showed that the city population was 197,400, and the county had a population of 417,939. The most recent state figures, released in April of 2006, show that the city population has since increased to 201,600, while metropolitan estimates show the area has more than half a million people and may be approaching 600,000.

For a full description of the real-world city, see the article at Wikipedia.

In TV Superheroes

Former Yakuza assassin Shinji Makito currently lives in Spokane under his new identity, sushi chef Yoshino Omano. He is in hding from his family of elite assassins, the Junshi Clan.