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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.

Linying, which belongs to Luohe City, Henan Province, is located in the middle of Henan Province, with a total area of 821 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 10 towns, 5 townships and 367 administrative villages with a population of 760000 (at the end of 2014). Linying County is connected with Xuchang City in the east, Xihua County in Zhoukou City in the east, Xiangcheng County in Xuchang City in the west, Luohe City in the south, Jian'an District in Xuchang City in the north, and 100 kilometers away from the provincial capital Zhengzhou. In 2013, Linying County achieved a GDP of 25.5 billion yuan, an increase of 11% over the same period in 2012. Linying County has received Zen Taiwan, small Shangqiao, Yang Zaixing Tomb, Chen Xingju Memorial Hall and other scenic spots.
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