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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.

Yuzhong County, under the jurisdiction of Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, is located in the central part of Gansu Province, near Qilihe and Chengguan District to the west, Anding District of Dingxi City to the east, Lintao County to the southwest, Pingchuan District of Baiyin City to the north, and Jingyuan County and Huining County to the northeast; it is high in the south and low in the middle, with a temperate continental climate, with a total area of 3301.64 square kilometers, and has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 15 townships. In 2017, there are 13 ethnic minorities with a registered population of 469083. Yuzhong County passes through the ancient Silk Road in three ways. Xinglong Mountain is a national 4A scenic spot and a national nature reserve. Qingcheng, an ancient town, is listed as a "national historical and cultural town" because of its historical and cultural relics and the ancient buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The traffic in the county is more developed, such as Lanxin second Line, Lanyu Railway, Baolan passenger Special Railway, etc.
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