Kittitas
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city in Kittitas County, Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Kittitas
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Richard Hink
- Total
- 0.78 sq mi (2.02 km )
- Land
- 0.78 sq mi (2.02 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,650 ft (500 m)
- Density
- 1,840/sq mi (712/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 53-36045
- Website
- www .cityofkittitas .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kittitas
- Population
- 1438
- Area
- 1.967663
- Elevation
- 1647
- Official website
- www.cityofkittitas.com
- Image
- Kittitas Washington Skyline.jpg
- Households
- 518
- Dialing code
- 509
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- postal code
- 98934
- P8168
- video codec
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 24141
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Kittitas (/ˈkɪtɪtæs/) is a city in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,438 at the 2020 census. It is also a part of the Ellensburg micropolitan area.
There are numerous interpretations of the name, which is from the language of the Kittitas American Indian Sahaptin language. According to toponymist William Bright, the name "Kittitas" comes from the Sahaptin placename [k'ɨtɨtáš], referring to a gravel bank in the Yakima River. According to Jennifer Cochran, it "has been said to mean everything from 'white chalk' to 'shale rock' to 'shoal people' to 'land of beauty', and that most anthropologists and historians concede that each interpretation has some validity depending upon the particular dialect spoken."