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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.

Mianxian, a county under the jurisdiction of Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the south of Shaanxi Province, the western end of Hanzhong Basin, Qinling Mountains in the north, Nanyuan Ba Mountain, Juchuan, Shaanxi and Ganzhong. The county has jurisdiction over 19 towns and 242administrative villages, with an area of 2406 square kilometers and a total population of 428100 (2014). Mianxian County is rich in resources, unique biological resources, warm and humid climate, the largest tributary of the Yangtze River runs through the whole territory, the basin beads in the territory, and the forest coverage rate reaches 58%. Mianxian County, with large reserves and high grade of mineral resources, is located in the "Mianluoning" Golden Triangle and is praised as the "Ural" of Asia by geologist Li Siguang. It is an important metallurgical and chemical industry base in Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province. September 25, 2018, won the honor of "2018 e-commerce into the rural comprehensive demonstration county" of the Ministry of Commerce.
Travel Notes In Mianxian County