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'''Spokane''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Spokane.ogg|s|p|oʊ|ˈ|k|æ|n}} {{respell|spoh|KAN}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Spokane |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Incorporated |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Spokane| access-date = September 4, 2017}}</ref> is the most populous city in and [[county seat|seat of government]] of [[Spokane County, Washington|Spokane County]] [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States. It is in [[eastern Washington]], along the [[Spokane River]], adjacent to the [[Selkirk Mountains]], and west of the [[Rocky Mountain]] foothills, {{convert|92|mi}} south of the [[Canada–United States border|Canadian border]], {{convert|18|mi|km|sigfig=1}} west of the Washington–[[Idaho]] border, and {{convert|279|mi}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Seattle,+Washington/Spokane,+Washington/ |title=Seattle, Washington to Spokane, Washington - Google Maps}}<!--{{cite web |url=https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=dcf405a5-b751-44da-ae14-e155158b2074 |title=Seattle, WA to Spokane, WA - Bing Maps}}{{cite web |url=https://www.mapquest.com/directions/from/us/wa/seattle-282039223/to/us/wa/spokane |title=Seattle, WA, to Spokane Directions - MapQuest}}--></ref> east of [[Seattle]], along [[Interstate 90 in Washington|I-90]].
Spokane is the economic and cultural center of the [[Spokane metropolitan area]], the [[Spokane–Coeur d'Alene combined statistical area]], and the [[Inland Northwest]]. It is known as the birthplace of [[Father's Day (United States)|Father's Day]], and locally by the nickname of "Lilac City".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Prager |first1=Mike |title=A designer bloom for Lilac City |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2008/apr/24/a-designer-bloom-for-lilac-city/ |access-date=May 18, 2019 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |date=April 24, 2008}}</ref> Officially, Spokane goes by the nickname of ''Hooptown USA'', due to Spokane annually hosting [[Spokane Hoopfest]], the world's largest basketball tournament.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tiernan |first=Colin |date=June 8, 2021 |title=Slam dunk nickname: City Council designates Spokane "Hooptown USA" |work=The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/jun/08/slam-dunk-nickname-city-council-designates-spokane/|access-date=June 9, 2021}}</ref> The city and the wider Inland Northwest area are served by [[Spokane International Airport]], {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} west of [[Downtown Spokane]]. According to the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], Spokane had a population of 208,916,<ref name="census20100401">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/spokanecitywashington/POP010210|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts - Population, Census, April 1, 2010 - Spokane city, Washington}}</ref> making it the [[List of cities in Washington|second-most populous city in Washington]],<ref name="censuswa2020rank">{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-49.pdf#page=74|title=Census.gov: Rank by 2010 Population and Housing Units: 2000 and 2010}}</ref> and the [[List of United States cities by population|
The first people to live in the area, the [[Spokane people|Spokane tribe]] (their name meaning "children of the sun" in [[Montana Salish language|Salishan]]), lived off plentiful game. [[David Thompson (explorer)|David Thompson]] explored the area with the westward expansion and establishment of the [[North West Company]]'s [[Spokane House]] in 1810. This trading post was the first long-term European settlement in Washington. Completion of the [[Northern Pacific Railway]] in 1881 brought many settlers from America to the Spokane area. The same year it was officially incorporated as a city under the name of ''Spokane Falls'' (it was re-incorporated under its current name ten years later).<ref>{{historylink|title=Spokane Falls (later renamed Spokane) is incorporated as a first-class city on November 29, 1881.|article=9176|author=Laura Arksey|date=October 3, 2009|quote=The original Act of Incorporation spelled the city's name correctly, but the territorial printing office incorrectly spelled it Spokan Falls, a phonetic spelling that was used elsewhere during the period, including on the 1880 census. This spelling was also used for Spokane's first newspaper, the Spokan Times.|access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref> In the late 19th century, gold and silver were discovered in the Inland Northwest. The local economy depended on mining, timber, and agriculture until the 1980s. Spokane hosted the first environmentally themed [[World's fair]] at [[Expo '74]].
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