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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.

Yuncheng District, which belongs to Yunfu City, is located in the central and western part of Guangdong Province, on the south bank of the middle reaches of the Xijiang River, high in the southwest and low in the northeast, bordering Zhaoqing in the east, Yunan District in the west, Xinxing County in the south and Xijiang in the north. Jurisdiction over 4 streets and 4 towns. By the end of 2018, the total population of the region will be 350000, including more than 55000 compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese living overseas. The 324 National Highway and the Yunyao branch of Sanmao Railway crisscross. Yuncheng District has a superior geographical environment and belongs to the subtropical monsoon area with mild climate and abundant rainfall. The region is rich in mineral resources, known as "sulfur capital" and "hometown of dolomite". There are more than 50 kinds of proven mineral deposits, among which pyrite reserves and grade rank first in the world, and marble, granite and limestone reserves are also very large. Panlong Cave in the city is a provincial scenic spot.
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