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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.

Haining, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, hosted by Jiaxing City, is located in the south wing of China's Yangtze River Delta, northern Zhejiang Province, Haiyan County in the east, Qiantang River in the south, across the river from Shangyu District in Shaoxing and Xiaoshan District in Hangzhou. Xiasha, Yuhang District and Jianggan District of Hangzhou, Tongxiang City and Xiuzhou District of Jiaxing in the north. It is 100 kilometers from Shanghai to the east, Hangzhou to the west and Qiantang River to the south. In 1986, the county was removed and the city was established. The name Haining was first seen in the second year of Yongding, Emperor Chen Wudi of the Southern Dynasty (558), implying the meaning of "serenity of the sea flood". Its scenic spot "Qianjiang surge" has been popular since the Tang and Song dynasties and is well-known at home and abroad. "on August 18, there is nothing spectacular in the world". It still attracts guests from all directions and sees the wonder of the tide. Haining City has a long history, a large number of celebrities from all walks of life, is Li Shanlan, Wang Guowei,.
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