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Okanogan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,120.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/53/53047.html )〕 The county seat is Okanogan,〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 while the largest city is Omak. In area, it is the largest county in the state. Approximately 20 percent of residents live in the Greater Omak Area. The county forms a portion of the Okanogan Country. The first county seat was Ruby, Washington, which has now been a ghost town for more than 100 years. Okanogan County was formed out of Stevens County on February 2, 1888.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cwu.edu/~archives/okn.htm#32400000 )〕 The name derives from the Okanagan language place name ''ukʷnaqín''. The name Okanogan (Okanagan) also refers to the region that encompasses part of southern British Columbia. ==History== Several hundreds of years before Europeans arrived, the area that became Okanogan County was home to numerous indigenous peoples that would eventually become part of three Indian reservations referred to as the Northern Okanogans or Sinkaietk, Tokoratums, Kartars and Konkonelps. They spoke in seven types of Interior Salish languages related to the Puget Sound tribes. The Okanogans experienced a favorable climate, having camped in the winter, hunting bears in the spring, catch fish in the summer and hunt deer in fall. The camps consisted of teepee-like longhouses built with hides and bark. A popular destination for this was the Kettle Falls also situated in Washington where the Columbia River dropped over . Meanwhile, women gathered several pieces of nuts, roots and berries. Due to its remoteness, the area that became Okanogan County was one of the last in Washington settled by white people. It was an early thoroughfare used by prospectors to gain access to other communities, some of which contain gold fields in what is now known as British Columbia, a province in Western Canada. By the 21st century, the region specialized in agriculture, forestry and tourism. Electric producer Grand Coulee Dam was constructed between 1933 and 1942, originally with two power plants, around the Okanogan and Grant counties at the former's southern border. In July 2014, the Carlton Complex wildfire burned over in Okanogan County. It destroyed over 300 homes including 100 in and around Pateros.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Okanogan County, Washington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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