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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.

Xiangyin County, known as Luocheng in ancient times, is under the jurisdiction of Yueyang City, Hunan Province. It is located in the northeast of Hunan Province, living in the tail of Xiangzi River and the shore of South Dongting Lake. Xiangjiang River runs through the whole territory from south to north. The whole county is divided into east and west, hilly land in the east and lakeside plain in the west. Xiangyin County is located in the center of Changsha, Yueyang and Yiyang, close to Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, and the county seat is 38 kilometers away from the central city of Changsha. It is within the half-hour economic circle of "Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan". Xiangyin County is the necessary passage for the "Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan" area to go to sea along the Xiangjiang River, across Dongting Lake and through the Yangtze River. it is not only the "big wharf" of the "Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan" urban agglomeration northward along the river, but also the "bridgehead" of the "Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan" urban agglomeration between Yueyang and Wuhan. In March 2016, Xiangyin County was rated as the most beautiful county seat in Yueyang City in 2015.
Airport In Xiangyin County - Yueyang Sanhe Airport
Yueyang Sanhe Airport (Yueyang Sanhe Airport, IATA: YYA, ICAO: ZGYY), located near the junction of Sanhe Township, Xitang Town and Kangwang Township, Yueyanglou District, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, China, 17 kilometers northwest of Yueyang City Center, is 4C level domestic regional airport       .
On December 10, 2015, the construction of Yueyang Sanhe Airport officially started   ; On August 24, 2018, the test flight of Yueyang Sanhe Airport was successful   ; On December 26, 2018, Yueyang Sanhe Airport officially opened to traffic   .
According to the official website of the airport in August 2020, the terminal area of ​​Yueyang Sanhe Airport is 9,000 square meters, and there are 6 C-class seats on the civil aviation platform; the runway is 2,600 meters long and 45 meters wide; it can meet the annual passenger throughput of 600,000 passengers 1,800 tons of cargo and mail throughput, 6,450 aircraft take-offs and landings     .
In 2021, Yueyang Sanhe Airport will handle a total of 810,591 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 43.7%, ranking 104th in the country; cargo and mail throughput will be 88.0 tons, a year-on-year increase of 72.0%, ranking 187th in the country; aircraft movements will reach 10,168 sorties, a year-on-year increase of 61.6%, ranking 128th in the country   .
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