Nampa, city in Canyon County, southwestern Idaho, in the Treasure Valley. Nampa is a processing and transportation center for an irrigated region where grain, fruit, and livestock are produced; the city contains facilities for food and seed processing. Other products, important to the city's economy, include electronic equipment, construction materials, and mobile homes. Northwest Nazarene University (1913) is in Nampa. The community was platted in 1886 and incorporated as a city in 1890. The origin of the name “Nampa” is not clearly known. Recent scholarship indicates that it is a corrupted version of the name of the Northern Paiute leader of a small band of Bannock people who migrated to the southwestern region of Idaho in the late 18th century. Population 25,112 (1980); 28,365 (1990); 51,867 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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