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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.

Yongding District (ancient Yongding County, Tingzhou Capital) is located in the southwest of Fujian Province, connecting Nanjing County to the east, Pinghe County to the southeast, Dapu County and Meixian County in Guangdong Province to the southwest, Shanghang County to the northwest and Xinluo District to the northeast, with a total area of 2223 square kilometers. Human beings have lived together and thrived since the Neolithic Age. Ming Chenghua 14 years (1478), analysis of Shanghang County, home Yongding County. In 2014, Yongding County was abolished and Yongding District of Longyan City was established. Yongding is the "southern mining area" and "the hometown of flue-cured tobacco", and its geothermal resources rank first in Longyan City. The streams in the territory belong to the three major river systems of Ting River, Jiulong River and Meijiang River. Ting River, Yongding River, Jinfeng River, Huangtan River, Fuxi, Qiling River and other basins cover an area of more than 100 square kilometers. Mianhuatan Hydropower Station is the second largest hydropower station in Fujian Province.
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