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Downtown Seattle skyline | |
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| Coordinates: 47°36′35″N 122°19′59″W / 47.60972°N 122.33306°WCoordinates: 47°36′35″N 122°19′59″W / 47.60972°N 122.33306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | King |
| Founded | November 13, 1851 |
| Incorporated as a town | January 14, 1865 |
| Incorporated as a city | December 2, 1869 |
| Named for | Chief Si'ahl |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Body | Seattle City Council |
| • Mayor | Bruce Harrell (D) |
| Area | |
| • City | 142.07 sq mi (367.97 km2) |
| • Land | 83.99 sq mi (217.54 km2) |
| • Water | 58.08 sq mi (150.43 km2) |
| • Metro | 8,186 sq mi (21,202 km2) |
| Elevation [source?] | 175 ft (53 m) |
| Highest elevation | 520 ft (158 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population | |
| • City | 737,015 |
| • Estimate | 749,256 |
| • Rank | 58th in North America 18th in the United States 1st in Washington |
| • Density | 8,775.03/sq mi (3,387.95/km2) |
| • Urban | 3,544,011 (US: 13th) |
| • Urban density | 3,607.1/sq mi (1,392.7/km2) |
| • Metro | 4,018,762 (US: 15th) |
| GDP | |
| • Seattle (MSA) | US$479.966 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes | |
| FIPS code | 53-63000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1512650 |
| Website | {{ |
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Seattle (/siˈæəl/ (
listen) see-AT-əl) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the home of the Space Needle and a monorail, both of which were built for the 1962 World's Fair. It is also the American headquarters of Boeing, Starbucks coffee, Amazon.com and Nordstrom. In the 1960s and 1990s, music artists like Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and others from the city became popular. It is also the setting of the TV shows Here Come the Brides, Frasier, and Grey's Anatomy.
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