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Where is Seattle in America?

Seattle is located on the Pacific coast in the northwest of Washington, USA, between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, with the Olympic Mountain in the west and Lake Washington in the east. The coordinates of the city center are 47 37' 35'' north latitude and 122 19' 59'' west longitude.

As of 20 17, Seattle has five regions: Tacoma, Olympia, Spokane, Bellevue and Auburn. Seattle covers an area of 369.2 square kilometers, including land area of 2 17.2 square kilometers, water area of 152 square kilometers, and water area ratio of 4 1. 16%.

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Seattle was founded on1869 65438+February 2, and was named after Chief Seattle. The city has a temperate maritime climate and rivers, forests and lakes are widely distributed. As of 20 16, the population of the city is about 4.78 million.

Seattle is in a leading position in advanced technology fields such as aerospace, computer software, bioinformatics, genetic science, telemedicine, electronic equipment, medical equipment and environmental engineering.

Seattle is the center of the performing arts. The Seattle Symphony Orchestra has a history of over a hundred years and is one of the symphony orchestras with the largest number of records published in the world. Seattle is also very diverse and very active in pop music and modern music. Seattle is considered to be the birthplace of junk music and greasy rock.

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