Wenatchee, Washington
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Wenatchee Chiefs Baseball Northwest League Recreation Park 1965
Wenatchee Valley Venom Arena football Indoor Football League Town Toyota Center 2011
Wenatchee Fire FC Indoor soccer Premier Arena Soccer League Wenatchee Valley Sportsplex 2015
Wenatchee FC Soccer Evergreen Premier League Apple Bowl 2016
Wenatchee Valley Rams Football Washington Football League Wildcat Stadium 2018
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Wenatchee (/wɛˈnætʃiː/ weh-NA-tchee) is a city located in north-central Washington and is the largest city and county seat of Chelan County, Washington, United States. The population within the city limits in 2010 was 31,925. In 2018, the Office of Financial Management estimated the population at 34,329. Located at the confluence of the Columbia and Wenatchee rivers near the eastern foothills of the Cascade Range, Wenatchee lies on the western side of the Columbia River, across from the city of East Wenatchee. The Columbia River forms the boundary between Chelan and Douglas County. Wenatchee is the principal city of the Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Chelan and Douglas counties (total population around 110,884). However, the Wenatchee Valley Area generally refers to the land between Rocky Reach and Rock Island Dam on both banks of the Columbia, which includes East Wenatchee, Rock Island, and Malaga. The city was named for the nearby Wenatchi Indian tribe. The name is a Sahaptin word that means river which comes [or whose source is] from canyons or robe of the rainbow. Awenatchela means people at the source [of a river]. The city of Wenatchee shares its name with the Wenatchee River, Lake Wenatchee and the Wenatchee National Forest. Wenatchee is referred to as the Apple Capital of the World due to the valley's many orchards.