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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.

Huangyuan County is located in the west of Xining City. Chengguan Town, the county seat, is 52 kilometers away from the provincial capital Xining. The total area is 1509 square kilometers. The total population is 135004 (end of 2009). Mainly Han nationality, as well as Hui, Tibet, Mongolia, Tu and so on. Huangyuan County originally had jurisdiction over 2 towns, 6 townships and 1 ethnic township: Chengguan Town, Dahua Town, Dongxia Township, Riyue Tibetan Township, Heping Township, Bohang Township, Shenzhong Township, Bayan Township, Sizhai Township. The county people's government is stationed in chengguan town. On September 25, 2018, he won the honorary title of "2018 e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration county" of the Ministry of Commerce. In October 2018, it won the national leading area for the integration and development of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas. On December 29, 2018, the sixth national unity and progress demonstration zone was named by the State ethnic Affairs Commission.
Travel Notes In Huangyuan County