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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.

Jiexiu City is located in the hinterland of Shanxi Province, to the south of Taiyuan Basin, with geographical coordinates of 111 °44 °10 "- 112 °10" E and 36 °50 °01 "- 37 °11 °04" N, bordering Fenyang City and Pingyao County in the north and northeast, Qinyuan County in the southeast, Lingshi County in the southwest and Xiaoyi City in the northwest. Jiexiu belongs to the temperate monsoon climate zone, cold in winter and summer in summer, with four distinct seasons. The city has jurisdiction over 5 streets, 7 towns and 3 townships, with a total administrative area of 744 square kilometers and a resident population of 436000 (2017). Jiexiu City is known as "the hometown of the three sages", Jiexiu, who was divided into shares in the Spring and Autumn period, Guo Linzong, who wrote Botong classics in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Wen Yanbo, who has been in office for 50 years in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Travel Sights In Jiexiu
Travel Notes In Jiexiu
2018 Spring Travel [32] Zhangbi Castle
Zhangbi Ancient Castle is located in Zhangbi Village, Longfeng Town, Jiexiu City, Shanxi Province. The underground of the castle is full of tunnels, e
2020 Super Raiders + Spring Festival Holiday Preview: Encounter the most beautiful Pingyao and feel the taste of Chinese New Year
Meet in 2020: couples vacation, parent-child study tour In a blink of an eye, 2020 has arrived. If Pingyao Ancient City is in your plan in 2020, you
Shanxi Tourism: Magnificent Mianshan Self-driving Tour (Photo)
There is a magnificent Mianshan Mountain in Shanxi Province. On September 3, 2005, the Beijing self-driving Shanxi tour team participated by the repor
Follow Lao Xia to see Zhangbi Castle in Jiexiu.
"Look at Beijing for the scenery of five hundred years, and Shanxi for the scenery of five thousand years." Shanxi's ancient, Shanxi's simplicity, Sha