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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.

One of the eight banners of the Qing Dynasty, built in the 43 year of Ming Wanli (1615), got its name because the flag was yellow with red edges. The yellow flag was the first of the three banners, there was no king in the flag, it was unified by the emperor, the soldiers were the emperor's own soldiers, and the members of the royal family were also selected from the upper three banners. Xianghuang Banner has nine old surnames, namely: Guarjia, Niuhulu, Borzigit, Shu Mu, Yehnala, Huifa Nara, Wulanara, Guoluo and Ilgenjelo. In addition, before entering the GATT, there are two other important tribes, one is Dong E, the other is Fucha, which is also a foreign relative. ...
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