Omak ( o-MAK) is a city located in the foothills of the Okanogan Highlands in north-central Washington, United States. With an estimated 4,845 residents as of 2010, distributed higher than a land Place of 3.43 square miles (8.9 km²), Omak is the largest municipality of Okanogan County and the largest municipality in Central Washington north of Wenatchee. The Greater Omak Area of approaching 8,229 inhabitants as of the 2010 census is the largest urban cluster in the Okanogan Country region, encompassing most of its twin city of Okanogan. The population has increased significantly in the past the 1910 census, reporting 520 residents just prior to amalgamation in 1911.

The house that is now Omak had been inhabited by various Native American tribes in the past the beginning of non-indigenous settlers in the beforehand 19th century. The city began to produce after the finishing of the Okanogan Irrigation Project affecting the Grand Coulee Dam and other straightforward electric facilities. The housing and municipal infrastructure, along like regional infrastructure connecting the supplementary town to other municipalities, were built simultaneously in 1908 supported by the local agricultural industry. The state Omak comes from the Okanagan placename [umák], or the Salishan term Omache—which is said to mean “good medicine” or “plenty”, referring to its sympathetic climate, with an annual high of on the order of 88 °F (31 °C). Omak acts as the gateway to the Okanogan National Forest and consists of a central business district and residential neighborhoods.

Omak is a code city governed by a seven-member council and the state’s 4th district. Omak’s economy is dominated by the primary industries of agriculture and forestry, although economic diversification has occurred gone sawmills and recreational tourism. Nearby recreational destinations append walking trails, state parks and national forests, such as Conconully State Park, Bridgeport State Park and Osoyoos Lake State Park. The city is home to a weekly newspaper, the Omak–Okanogan County Chronicle, and a Wenatchee Valley College campus. Standards for education in Omak are greater than the state’s average, though drugs and alcohol remain a pain among students. U.S. Route 97 passes through the town, while Washington State Route 155, as competently as Washington State Route 215, connects the city to Okanogan and Nespelem, respectively. By road, Omak is located nearly 235 miles (378 km) from Seattle, Washington, 140 miles (230 km) from Spokane, Washington and 125 miles (201 km) from Kelowna, British Columbia.

The Okanogan Valley was the standard homeland of the Syilx (also called Okanogan) Native Americans, whose territory Elongated north into what is now British Columbia. The Syilx acquired horses in the mid-18th century, which helped them improvement northward. They first met non-native traders and missionaries in the to the fore 19th century. The Syilx participated in trade fairs held at Kettle Falls and at the mouth of the Fraser River. Trading networks strengthened after the acquisition of horses in the mid-18th century.

In 1811, Fort Okanogan was built by the Pacific Fur Company at the confluence of the Okanogan and Columbia Rivers. The fort’s ownership passed to the North West Company, then the Hudson’s Bay Company. Fort Colvile, near Kettle Falls, was out of the ordinary important fur trading outpost. The Okanogan River was used by fur brigades traveling in the middle of Fort Okanogan and Kamloops. In the late 1850s this route became known as the Okanagan Trail and was widely used as an inland route to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush.