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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.

Wangcang County, which belongs to Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, is located on the northern edge of Sichuan Basin, at the southern foot of Micang Mountain, Nanjiang County, Bazhong City in the east, Chaotian District, Lizhou District and Zhaohua District in the west, Cangxi County in the south, and Nanzheng County and Ningqiang County in Shaanxi Province in the north. The county covers an area of 2987 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 18 towns, 17 townships and 3 street offices. In 2012, the total population was 458200, living in Han, Qiang, Yi, Tibetan, Hui, Miao, Dong and other ethnic groups. The topography of the territory is high in the north and low in the south, and the abdomen is low and flat. The landform is dominated by northern peaks, towering Chongshan in the south, hills and dams in the abdomen, and streams and rivers crisscross. Belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon climate. The average annual temperature is 16.5 ℃ and the annual precipitation is 920.9 mm. Guangwang Railway and National Highway 542 run from east to west. The venue of the wooden door meeting of the fourth Red Front Army,
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