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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.

Shuangfeng County, which belongs to Loudi City, Hunan Province, was founded in 1951, named after the relative towering of two peaks in the county. Shuangfeng County is bordered by Xiangtan County and Hengshan County to the east, Hengyang County to the south, Shaodong County and Lianyuan City to the west, Loudi City and Xiangxiang City to the north. It is 61 kilometers wide from east to west and 59.2 kilometers from north to south. It covers an area of 1715.14 square kilometers, accounting for 0.81% of the total area of the province. The total population is 958000 (2015). Shuangfeng County has jurisdiction over 13 towns and 3 townships. The county government is based in Yongfeng town. Shuangfeng County is a mid-subtropical monsoon climate, the terrain is high in the west and low in the east, with hills and plains alternating. In 2015, Shuangfeng County achieved a GDP of 19.946 billion yuan. Places of interest include Huangchao Mountain, Xianshanzhai, Yongfeng Bridge, Zeng Guofan's former residence, Cai Hesen Memorial Hall and so on. Bimodal history
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