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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.

Sixian, which belongs to Suzhou City, Anhui Province, is located in the northeast of Anhui Province, bordering Sihong in the east, Lingbi in the west, Wuhe and Guzhen in the south, and Suining and Suqian in the north-east. The total area is 1787 square kilometers. Sixian County has a long history and was established as early as the Xia Dynasty. It is one of the important birthplaces of Sizhou opera, a national intangible cultural heritage. There are natural and beautiful "Hongxiang eight scenery", the ancient battlefield of the Chu-Han struggle-Bawang City monuments and sites, Sui and Tang dynasties Grand Canal Tongji Canal sites and other historical sites. As of 2018, Sixian County has jurisdiction over 12 towns, 3 townships, and another development zone. The resident population is 851000, with a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 20.894 billion yuan. In terms of sub-industries, the added value of the primary industry is 5.005 billion yuan, and the secondary industry is increasing.
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