Pasco, Washington, United States of America, Earth

Pasco is a smallish city of about 30,000 people located in 
South-Eastern Washington State (WA), which is, in turn, 
located in the North-Western part of the Pacific Northwest of 
the United States of America (USA). Pasco is named after the 
railroad station that was located in the same spot (The name 
was something that started with "Pacific"). Pasco is part of 
the Tri-Cities, along with Kennewick and Richland. All three 
cities are close by where the Columbia River (largest river 
in USA west of the Mississippi) meets with the Snake River. 
Pasco is in the Columbia Basin, which is basically a desert. 
The natural area contains few trees and is littered primarily
with sage-brush, tumble-weeds, and cheat-grass (which is 
kind of like wheat, but gets in your socks and itches and you
can't eat it). Pasco's population is mostly hispanic (68%) 
due to the large amount of farming done locally (migrant farm
workers and all that). The busiest/most-popular street is 
Court Street, which basically runs paralell to the Columbia 
River. Pasco is located in Franklin county and is the 
smallest of the Tri-Cities.

All information is current as of February 20, 2002.