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The evaluated experimental data are presented for 14 known nuclides of mass 89 (Ge, As, Se, Br, Kr, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh). New data on high–spin excitations are available for 89Kr, 89Rb, 89Sr, 89Tc and 89Ru, including a superdeformed structure in 89Tc. Fluorescence studies in 89Y have revealed a large number of new levels in 7–11 MeV range. New two–neutron transfer data are available for 89Zr. New direct and precise measurement of atomic masses of 89Se, 89Br, 89Kr, 89Rb, 89Mo and 89Tc have greatly improved the Q value landscape in this mass region. This work supersedes previous A=89 evaluation published in 1998Si31, and also the older ones 1989Si20, 1975Ko21, and M.W. Johns et al., Nuclear Data Tables A 8, 373 (1970).In spite of extensive experimental work on the isobaric nuclei of this mass chain several deficiencies remain. The identification of 89Rh isotope remains unconfirmed. The half–lives of ground states of 89Ge, 89As and 89Rh have not been measured, only the lower limits are estimated from time–of–flight in a reaction and experimental arrangement, where produced and identified. The decay schemes of 89Ge, 89As, 89Se, 89Ru and 89Rh are not known, and those for 89Tc and 89Mo are incomplete. High–lying (neutron unbound) levels in 89Kr, expected to be populated in the decay of 89Br, have not been investigated. The spins and parities for levels in 89Kr are largely unassigned, while for 89Tc and 89Ru, only few low–spin excitations are established. For 89Rb, little information is available for high–spin structures. Detailed gamma–ray data are available for 88Sr(n,γ)89Sr reaction, but most of these γ rays remain unassigned in a level scheme. Excited state data are nonexistent for 89Ge, 89As, 89Se, 89Br and 89Rh. The 89Y and 89Zr are the most extensively studied nuclei in A=89.