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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.

Longting District, one of the municipal districts of Kaifeng City, Henan Province, is located in the west of Kaifeng City, named for the famous site of the Imperial Palace in the Northern Song Dynasty. The area is bordered by Zhengzhou Kaifeng in the west, the Yellow River in the north, Xiangfu District, Shunhe District and Gulou District in the east, and Xiangfu District in the south. The area has a total area of 345 square kilometers and a total population of 360000 (2016). The district government is stationed at 16 Sports Road, Wu Chaomen Street. There are many lakes and ponds in Longting District, and there are Liuchi and Yellow River beaches outside the city. The north-south direction of the Huangbian River flows through the area to communicate with Longting Lake, which is the main channel for sewage discharge and waterlogging prevention; the north branch river in the city flows through the area, and Pan and Yang Lake in front of Longting have a long history. It is the 15th year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty (1642), and the Yellow River gap is formed by filling the city with water. Longting District is a famous cultural tourism scenic spot in Kaifeng.
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