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Spokane is located
along the eastern border of Washington State in the heart
of the Inland Northwest. The largest city between Seattle
and Minneapolis on the I-90 corridor, Spokane is 18 miles
west of the Idaho border and 110 miles south of the Canadian
border.
As the county seat, Spokane serves as a hub for business,
retail and financial services, and is the major healthcare
provider to a 36-county region encompassing parts of
Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Alberta, British Columbia and
Washington. Spokane is part of the Inland Northwest region
that extends across 80,000 square miles and is home to
over three million residents who live, work and enjoy
this recreational paradise. The topography of the
Inland Northwest varies from rolling wheat fields to
snow-capped mountains, from lush forests to deserts,
and from pristine lakes to raging rivers.
Spokane is a four-season city with each season contributing
to the region’s unique lifestyle.
Summer weather is ideal for enjoying numerous mountain,
river and lake recreations and the many mountainous winter
sport areas receive a great deal of snow; sometimes enjoying
a five to six-month season.
While Spokane and the surrounding region are a haven
for outdoorsmen, the arts and cultural activities are
equally popular here. The city maintains its own symphony
orchestra and jazz orchestra, is a regular stop for touring
Broadway shows and major concert tours and offers a host
of destinations for theatrical productions, live music
and dozens of art galleries and museums.
Spokane is steeped in family traditions and community
activities and regularly entertains a plethora of annual
fairs, festivals and special events. A physically
active community, Spokane’s most widely popular events
include Bloomsday, the second largest foot-race in the
world, and Hoopfest, the largest three-on-three basketball
tournament in the world.
Education plays a vital role in Spokane. The city’s
public and private, primary and secondary schools produce
students who are consistently ranked in the upper range
of national scholastic ratings. Four universities
and two community colleges offer graduate and undergraduate
degrees as well as continuing education classes.
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