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Seattle (/siˈætəl/ (listen) see-AT-əl) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities.

Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about 100 miles (160 km) south of the Canadian border. A major gateway for trade with East Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling as of 2021[update].

The Seattle area was inhabited by Native Americans for at least 4,000 years before the first permanent European settlers. Arthur A. Denny and his group of travelers, subsequently known as the Denny Party, arrived from Illinois via Portland, Oregon, on the schooner Exact at Alki Point on November 13, 1851. The settlement was moved to the eastern shore of Elliott Bay and named "Seattle" in 1852, in honor of Chief Si'ahl of the local Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. Today, Seattle has high populations of Native, Scandinavian, European American, Asian American and African American people, as well as a thriving LGBT community that ranks sixth in the United States by population.

Banma County is located in the southeast of the state border, bordering Sichuan Province in the east and south. The county government is located in Moba Township, 315 kilometers away from the state capital. The population is 27000 (2007), mainly Tibetans, accounting for more than 95% of the total population, as well as Han, Hui, Turkish and other ethnic groups. It covers an area of 6376 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 8 townships and 1 town. The annual average temperature in Banma County is-1.0-2.8 ℃. With the increase of altitude, the temperature decreases gradually. In terms of the annual change of air temperature in Banma County, the monthly average temperature is the highest in July, and the monthly average temperature is 11 ℃. In January, the monthly average temperature is-9.8 ℃, but it is characterized by rapid warming and rapid cooling, and the cooling range is greater than the warming range. Banma County has a total land area of 6138 square kilometers, accounting for 8.03% of the total area of the state. The grassland area is 396700 hectares.
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