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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.

Guang'an, a prefecture-level city of Sichuan Province, is located in the eastern part of Sichuan Province, located in the humid monsoon climate area of the middle subtropics, with four distinct seasons, warm climate, abundant rainfall and rich products. Jialing River, Qujiang River zigzag loop into the Yangtze River, Huaying Mountain, Causeway Mountain, Mingyue Mountain parallel distribution in the eastern part of the city; a total area of 6339.22 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of 2 districts, 3 counties, 1 city; 2017 household registration population of 4.647 million. Guang'an has a long history, and the recorded history of civilization can be traced back to more than 3,000 years ago. Since the second year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (969), the meaning of "Guang Tu'an Collection" has been set up by the Guang'an Army, and the name "Guang'an" has continued to this day. Guang'an was established in July 1993 and set up a city in July 1998. Guang'an is the hometown of Comrade Deng Xiaoping, chief architect of China's reform and opening up.
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