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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.

Sakya County, which belongs to Xigaze City, Tibet Autonomous region, is located in the south of Tibet Autonomous region, the central part of Xigaze City and the south bank of the Brahmaputra River. It is bordered by Xigaze City and Bailang County in the east, Dingjie and Gangba counties in the south, Lazi and Dingri in the west, and Xietongmen in the north. The county seat is 150 kilometers away from Xigaze City. The total area is 7510 square kilometers (2010). By the end of 2010, the total population of Sakya County was 47304, of which the non-agricultural population was 5720, accounting for 3.59% of the total population of the county. Sakya County is located between the Himalayas and the Gangdise Mountains, high in the north and south and low in the middle. The highest peak in the territory is 6092 meters above sea level. There are Chongqu River, Shabuqu River and other rivers. Belongs to the plateau temperate semi-arid monsoon climate. The frost-free period is about 110 days, and the average annual temperature is 5 min 6.
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