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Selah is a city in Yakima County, Washington, United States. The population was 8,153 at the 2020 census.

Selah city overview:
Name:	Selah city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Washington
County:	Yakima County
Founded:	1871
Incorporated:	March 17, 1919
Elevation:	1,119 ft (341 m)
Total Area:	4.64 sq mi (12.01 km²)
Land Area:	4.58 sq mi (11.86 km²)
Water Area:	0.06 sq mi (0.15 km²)
Total Population:	8,153
Population Density:	1,765.34/sq mi (681.62/km²)
ZIP code:	98942
Area code:	509
FIPS code:	5363280
GNISfeature ID:	1512655
Website:	selahwa.gov

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History

Selah was incorporated on March 17, 1919. The Tree Top apple processor co-operative (established in 1960) has its headquarters and two processing plants in Selah. In 2004, the Yakama Tribe bought the old Hi-Country juicing plant, which it operated until 2010. Currently, the facility is owned and operated by Sun-Rype, the U.S. arm of Western Canada’s largest juice and fruit snack distributor. It continues to produce 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 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. Because of the nearby orchards and juice processing plants, Selah is often referred to as “The Apple Juice Capital of the World”

Each Memorial Day weekend, the Washington State chapter of the National Audubon Society holds a campout some 22 miles north of Selah at the Hazel Wolf Bird Sanctuary in the upper Wenas Valley near Wenas, Washington. The upper valley also holds Wenas Lake, an irrigation reservoir. Wenas Creek flows from the reservoir through the agricultural lower Wenas Valley. This is where the Wenas Creek Mammoth was found. The creek is a tributary of the Yakima River.

In July 2020, the city was the subject of a New York Times story examining small town reaction to non-violent protests about racial inequality which noted anecdotal evidence of uneven enforcement of laws and rules to people of color.

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Geography

Selah is located at 46°39′8″N 120°32′6″W / 46.65222°N 120.53500°W / 46.65222; -120.53500 (46.652109, -120.535134).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.52 square miles (11.71 km), of which, 4.44 square miles (11.50 km) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km) is water.

Climate

This region experiences hot and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Selah has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated “Csb” on climate maps.