[see-luh, sel-uh] Selah is a city in Yakima County, Washington,
United States. The population was 6,310 at the 2000 census.
Selah was officially incorporated on April 3, 1919. The
government is a Strong Mayor/Council form. The Tree Top apple
processor co-operative (established in 1960) has its
headquarters and two processing plants in Selah. Also in 2004
the Yakama Tribe bought the old Hi-Country juicing plant and
currently produces store brand apple juice and other beverages.
In addition a number of fruit companies have warehouses there,
due to the proximity of fruit orchards in the nearby Wenas
Valley and heights above the city and access to regional
railroad and roadway systems for shipment to markets. Selah and
the Wenas Valley increasingly serve as a "bedroom community" of
the larger city of Yakima to the south. and has a towns
resturant "Kings Row"  The Washington State Audubon Society each
Memorial Day weekend holds a campout at Hazel Wolf Bird
Sanctuary in the upper Wenas Valley some 22 miles north