Earlier, Seattle was an Indian settlement, named after an Indian chief, and was officially incorporated in 1869. In 1869, Seattle was incorporated as a city, and with the gold rush in Alaska, the city grew rapidly as it became a stopping point for many gold seekers. 1889, Seattle was hit by a fire that destroyed much of the downtown area, but in less than a year, Seattleites rebuilt a new city on the ruins.
Seattle is uniquely situated as the U.S. gateway to Asia and Alaska, and has excellent seaports. Currently, it
Seattle is surrounded by green mountains and water all year round, picturesque scenery, famous attractions abound, including the 185-meter-high "Cosmic Needle" TV tower is regarded as the city's symbol. Seattle's residents are mostly immigrants or descendants of immigrants, and there are large Chinese, Japanese and Filipino communities in the city, contributing to Seattle's diverse and inclusive culture. Seattle is also home to a number of museums, art galleries, and institutions of higher learning, including the University of Washington, Seattle University, and Seattle Pacific University. City Song
"Seattle the Peerless City" (1909-present)
Alias
The Emerald City Since 1869, Seattle's alias has been "The Queen City". "In 1981, Seattle elected a new nickname, and in 1982, it was announced that Seattle's official nickname was "The Emerald City". It depicts the rainy, lush landscape that surrounds Seattle.
Latitude and longitude
The city center is located at 47 degrees 36 minutes 35 seconds north latitude and 122 degrees 19 minutes 59 seconds west longitude.
Establishment
December 2, 1869
Government
Type: mayor-council government
Area
The city has an area of 369.2 square kilometers, of which 217.2 square kilometers is land and 152.0 square kilometers, or 41.16 percent. The Greater Seattle area covers 21,202 square kilometers.
Elevation
0-158 meters
Population
Population of the city is 582,200 (Feb 2006). Population density 2,665 persons/km2. The city has a population of 3,263,500 and the greater Seattle area has a population of 3,919,700.
Ethnicity
Seattle is a multiracial city. Whites make up about 70.1% of the city's population; blacks, 8.4%; Indians and Natives, 1.0%; Hispanic/Latino, 5.3%; mixed race, 4.5%; and Asian, 13.1%, with Chinese making up about 3.45% of the city's population.
City Flower
Dahlia (1913-present)
City Bird
Great Blue Gray Heron (2003-present)
Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America, and it is located in King County, Washington, between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 154 kilometers from the Canada-US border. Founded in 1869, Seattle is the center of commerce, culture and high technology in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and a major tourist and trading port city throughout the Pacific Ocean and Scandinavia, Europe. The greater Seattle area is surrounded by green hills year-round, and in the distance, Mount Rainier, the tallest volcano in the United States.
Seattle is home to 2,200 computer development companies, including Microsoft, the world's largest privately held computer software company. Boeing, the world's largest airplane manufacturer, is the region's largest employer. The 115 companies involved in biotechnology engineering provide 12,400 jobs in the region, as well as $2 billion in annual output. Seattle is easily accessible by a well-connected highway transportation network that links Seattle to major cities throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Seattle is the birthplace of grunge music, and Seattleites are known for their high coffee consumption. Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee and Tully's were all founded here.
Seattle was named the "Best Place to Live in America" by Money magazine in 1995, the "Best City to Live and Work" by Fortune magazine in 1996, and was recognized as having the highest quality of life in the country in 1998. Seattle is also a traditional convention and tourism center.
Chief Seattle (1786 - June 7, 1866) was a leader of the Indian tribes in the U.S. state of Washington, a practicing Catholic, who delighted in the company of white settlers*** and developed a personal friendship with David Swainson Maynard, one of the founders of Seattle. At Maynard's suggestion, Seattle was named for Chief Seattle.
About a hundred years ago, he was the chief of an Indian tribe in the northwestern United States when his people had to leave their land and move to a reservation under miserable conditions, and I think you all know the story. At that time, when the white man was moving westward across the American continent from the east coast, and there were many regrettable incidents in it, the chief of Seattle at that time made an extraordinary remark which will always remain in my mind. He said, "All right! We'll leave." Because the Indians had tried everything, they had fought, they had hid, and in the end there were only two ways left: either they were going to die or they were going to move to the reservation. That's why Chief Seattle said, "Okay! We'll leave. But..."
But then he said, "I have only one request of the great chief of Washington to leave."
Now think about what he would ask for. If it were you, what would you ask for? Putting myself in his shoes, I might have asked for a few more horses or blankets and food for the long journey.
Chief Seattle wanted something different. He said, "All we really want, all we ask, is for the white man to treat the animals of this land as we do, as brothers, as one family. Why would Chief Seattle make such a request? I think I know the answer, he saw the deep sense of xenophobia that we white people have; our alienation and indifference to life; he saw the wars that were taking place in our lives, the wars against nature, against each other, against his people, and even against ourselves in a never-ending vicious cycle, and he wanted to help us.
For Chief Seattle and his people, life itself is sacred and must be respected. The cries of the birds on the branches are like a chorus of poetry, the forest is a great hall, and the breeze is a vibrant prayer. We are all connected to each other, and what we do with our environment and the life in it will ultimately become our destiny.
He was the chief of an Indian tribe in the northwestern United States about a hundred years ago, when his people had to leave their land and move to a reservation, and it was a miserable situation, and I think you all know the story. At that time, when the white man was moving westward across the American continent from the east coast, and there were many regrettable incidents in it, the chief of Seattle at that time made an extraordinary remark which will always remain in my mind. He said, "All right! We'll leave." Because the Indians had tried everything, they had fought, they had hid, and in the end there were only two ways left: either they were going to die or they were going to move to the reservation. That's why Chief Seattle said, "Okay! We'll leave. But..."
But then he said, "I have only one request of the great chief of Washington to leave."
Now think about what he would ask for. If it were you, what would you ask for? Putting myself in his shoes, I might have asked for a few more horses or blankets and food for the long journey.
Chief Seattle wanted something different. He said, "All we really want, all we ask, is for the white man to treat the animals of this land as we do, as brothers, as one family. Why would Chief Seattle make such a request? I think I know the answer, he saw the deep sense of xenophobia we white people have; our detachment and indifference to life; he saw the wars that were taking place in our lives, the never-ending cycle of war against nature, against each other, against his people, and even against ourselves, and he wanted to help us.
For Chief Seattle and his people, life itself is sacred and must be respected. The cries of the birds on the branches are like a chorus of poetry, the forest is a great hall, and the breeze is a vibrant prayer. We are all connected to each other, and what we do with the environment and the life in it will ultimately become our own destiny.
Editorial I. History
The 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition traces Seattle's history back only 150 short years, and much of the record stems from Pioneer Square, where a group of immigrants, who arrived from New York City in 1851, camped in the vicinity of Pioneer Square. A group of immigrants who came to Seattle from New York in 1851 and camped near Pioneer Square are considered Seattle's pioneers. As a result, a number of streets have been named in their honor, such as Denny, Yesler, Bell, Boren, and others.
Origin of the City's Name
The City of Seattle got its name from the Native American chief Sealth. When the earliest colonists arrived around 1850, Chief Sealth offered them protection and friendship.
The Indians, who have inhabited North America since time immemorial, hunting and fishing, and living in subsistence tribes deep in the woods, are Seattle's original inhabitants, though their history is not recorded in the General History of the United States. Seattle's pioneers, respecting the Duwamish people who had long inhabited the Elliott Bay area, named the new settlement directly after Chief Sealth, which, due to some colloquial miscommunication, eventually became Seattle, the origin of Seattle's city name.
The founding of the city
Although the Washington region was discovered by seafaring explorers long before the end of the eighteenth century, Seattle was settled by whites very late. The first white family arrived and settled at Alki Point on November 13, 1851, and the town was soon moved to the Elliott Bay neighborhood and renamed Sealth, after a Duwamish and Suquamish chief who received a royalty of $100,000 for his services. 000 in royalties. From 1865 to 1867 Seattle was a small town, and after 1869 it officially became a city.
Major events
Major events in Seattle include the Great Fire of 1889 (which destroyed the central business district but killed no one), the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909 (the University of Washington in Seattle was built on the site of that year's exposition), the Seattle General Strike of 1919 (the first U.S. General Strike), the 1962 21st Century Exposition in 1962, the 1990 Friendship Games, and the 1999 World Trade Organization Congress, which was forced to close due to protests by the anti-globalization movement.In February 2001, a major earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale struck the Seattle area, devastating the city.
Economic history
Seattle has experienced times of growth and depression. Being the headquarters city of a large company during its downturn some even thought it would keep shrinking. But Seattle has always managed to rebuild its infrastructure during these times. The first major development was the growth of the wood industry in the early years of the city's founding. the gold rush in the late 1800s also brought a brief small development to Seattle. the shipbuilding industry in the early 1900s also brought a boom. After World War II Seattle's economy benefited from the Boeing boom brought about by the growth of the commercial airline industry.The aviation bust of the late 1960s and early 1970s forced many people to leave Seattle. Two local realtors posted a sign that read, "Trouble the last person to leave Seattle, turn out the lights."
Seattle was Boeing's corporate headquarters until 2001, when Boeing said it intended to move its headquarters with its future Boeing 787 production line out of Washington state. Many cities competed to become Boeing's headquarters and new production center with low taxes, and Boeing moved its headquarters to Chicago, but the Boeing 787 production line remained in the greater Seattle area. Seattle remains home to Boeing Civil Airplanes, some Boeing factories, and the Boeing Employees Credit Union.
Much of the recent growth has come from Microsoft and other software, Internet, and communications companies: such as Amazon.com, RealNetworks, and American Telephone and Telegraph Wireless. Even the local Starbucks headquarters has invested in many Internet and software companies. This new development ended in early 2001, but many of these companies remain quite strong.
Editorial II: Geography
Location of downtown Seattle
Surrounded by emerald blue waters, the city is surrounded by the Olympic Mountains to the east, and the peaks of the Cascade Mountain Range to the west. Seattle is located on a narrow strip of land between Puget Sound and the 18-mile long Lake Washington. The waters of Puget Sound and Lake Washington meet in Lake Union via a waterway just north of downtown Seattle, and the rainy and foggy weather makes Seattle seem greener than any other city in the United States. The rivers, forests, lakes and fields around Seattle are very productive. Today a canal close to the center of Seattle connects Lake Washington to Puget Sound. There are many opportunities for sailing, skiing, biking, camping and hiking in and around Seattle throughout the year.
The city of Seattle is built on hilly terrain, with some of the tallest parts of the city built directly near downtown. The terrain near downtown has been altered in many ways through various terrain modification projects.
The Seattle Fault is an active geologic fault that passes directly under downtown Seattle and continues to cause earthquakes. In the last 150 years of recorded history, Seattle has received four major earthquakes: December 14, 1872 (7.3 on the Richter scale), April 13, 1949 (7.1), April 29, 1965 (6.5), and February 28, 2001 (6.8).
The Seattle Fault is an active geologic fault that passes directly under downtown Seattle and continues to cause earthquakes.
As per the U.S. Census Bureau, the city of Seattle has a total area of 369.2 square kilometers, of which 217.2 square kilometers is land and 152.0 square kilometers is water, which is 41.16% of the total area.
Climate
Although Seattle has an image of a drizzly city, there are very few days when it actually rains too hard to go outside. The rainy season runs from November to March, but otherwise the climate in Seattle is very mild, with the best seasons for travel being spring, summer, and fall, but with a big difference between morning and evening temperatures of up to 10 degrees or more.
Seattle has moderate temperatures due to the ocean factor, and the mountains to the west protect the city from storms. Rainfall of 890 to 970 millimeters per year, hence the name Rainy City, less than some cities on the East Coast of the United States (such as New York 1200 mm), but its number of cloudy days per year averages 226, much more than New York's 132 days. Because Seattle is located behind the Olympic Mountains, most rainfall is light or drizzly. Seattle's climate and temperatures are similar to those of the nearby Canadian city of Vancouver.
Annual rainfall averages 3,600 millimeters in Olympic National Park, 130 kilometers to the west, and 1,320 millimeters in Olympic, Washington's capital, to the south. Occasional snow falls in Seattle, but rarely stays for long. The sunny climate generally lasts from mid-July to mid-September, starting later and ending earlier than Portland to the south.
Seattle's precipitation decreases during El Ni?o years, not only making it difficult for surrounding ski resorts in the winter, but also causing water shortages in the summer.
Editorial III: Demographics
Sunset population of Myrtle Edwards Park
The 2000 U.S. Census shows Seattle has 563,374 residents. The entire Puget Sound metropolitan area has a population of about 3.7 million people, about 73.4 percent of whom are white, which is the highest white component of any northern metropolitan area in the U.S. 4.7 percent of the population describe themselves as being descended from more than one ethnic group, which is one of the highest in the U.S. The population of Seattle is also the highest in the United States. 13.71% are Asian, 8.44% are African, 1.1% are Native American, 0.5% are Pacific Native, and 6.84% are from other non-white ethnic groups.
Many legal and illegal immigrants have come to Seattle in the last few decades. The foreign population increased by 40 percent from the 1990 to 2000 census. Although only 5.28 percent of the population was Hispanic in the 2000 census, the Hispanic population is one of the fastest-growing of any group in all of Washington. It is estimated to have grown by 10 percent from 2000 to 2002 alone. About 1.25 percent of the city's population is homeless, and 14 percent of them are teenagers.In 2005 Men's Fitness magazine called Seattle the fittest city in America.
Era Seattle Greater Seattle* Cascadia**
1970 530,844 1,939,000 7,738,635
1980 493,846 2,240,000 9,508,809
1990 516,259 2,748. 867 11,000,384
2000 563,374 3,275.847 13379.320
2005 (est.) 573,000 3,460,400 14,083,486
2010 (est.) 594,116 3,641,200 15,765. 119
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; BC Stats (BC Ministry of Management Services); Oregon Office of Economic Analysis. Washington State Office of Financial Management estimates for Seattle for 2005 and projections for 2010.
*For King, Snohomish, Pierce, and Kitsap counties.
**Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia
People
The greater Seattle area excels in its temperate climate, wide variety of housing choices, rich arts and culture, sports, entertainment, and a wide range of stores and restaurants, as well as year-round access to outdoor recreation. Seattle was named the best city in the nation for wireless Internet access in 2005; it is also the top U.S. city on a per capita basis for arts-centered businesses and organizations (according to a 2005 survey by Americans for the Arts, there are 3,721 arts-related businesses and organizations in Seattle***); and in 2001, Seattle was ranked second in the nation by Friendly Resident as a "Kid-Friendly City". " second place.
Editorial IV, Government Offices
King County
County officials are elected every four years. County legislators are elected by district. The number of County Council seats rose in the November 2005 election as a result of a previous voter initiative and passage that now reduces the number of County Council seats from 13 to 9. Half of these seats are two-year terms and the remaining seats are four-year terms. In the future, the nine-member County Council will have four-year overlapping terms. The County Council is responsible for managing the region, overseeing the judicial system, public transportation system, sewage and waste disposal, public **** health and elections.
Seattle's icon, the Space NeedleThe Seattle region is home to leading economic groups such as aerospace, information technology, life sciences and biotechnology engineering, clean technology and environmental industries, logistics and international trade. Among them is Boeing, which employs 58,597 people (June 2005) in Seattle and Washington State. According to a recent study, Seattle is ranked fifth in the nation in terms of the percentage of the total population employed in the software industry. The approximately 6,000 companies associated with the software industry in Seattle and Washington State*** employ 68,000 people, pay nearly $10 billion in annual payroll, and generate $25 billion in annual sales revenue. As of April 2005. Microsoft Corporation employs 59,947 people worldwide. And 28,900 in the Seattle and Put-in-Bay area alone.
Seattle and Washington are home to 133 biotechnology companies, most of which are built on the research and technology of the University of Washington (which is the public university with the largest number of grants from the National Institutes of Health; ranked 17th among the world's top 500 universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Washington State University, the Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. technology base. Seattle is also home to 400 clean technology and environmental engineering services companies with approximately 16,000 employees. According to a 2005 survey by Americans for the Arts, Seattle has 3,721 art and design-related companies and organizations. The total number of employees is 18,384. Seattle is also the center of a growing fine coffee industry (Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee has more than 9,000 coffee shops worldwide), in addition to a thriving recreational equipment industry, the nation's largest marine industry and fishing industry (Washington State's fisheries exports exceed those of all other U.S. states combined in value and weight), and a motion picture and video industry that employs 5,000 and pays $155 million in salaries annually. 155 million dollars in salaries. Seattle also has a large music industry that provides 9,000 jobs and pays nearly $200 million in annual salaries. Other important industries include wood products, transportation equipment, food, and apparel design.
Seattle and the King County region attract more than 8.73 million visitors annually, generating $3.97 billion in revenue and more than $3.42 million in state and city tax revenue. Tourism spending directly creates 60,000 jobs in the Seattle region. Seattle Monorail (Monorail) Transportation
Seattle's primary mode of transportation is the automobile. Its downtown and some urban areas still respond to past railroad and highway development. Seattle does not have a subway, but there is a large and very convenient network of public ****cars and ferries.
The extension is currently only about a mile and a half to about ten miles between West Seattle and Ballard; the Seattle Monorail failed miserably in a fifth re-election in December 2005 after four successful elections. Seattle's dream of building a monorail was officially over.
But Sound Transit in the greater Seattle area will begin running Light Rail between Sea-Tac Internatioanl Airport and downtown Seattle in 2009. The voter-approved Bay Transit Authority currently has several express bus lines and a Commuter Train that connects Everett to Seattle to Tacoma.
Airports
Seattle's commercial airport is Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in West Tacoma, offering flights to North America, Europe and the Far East. Sea-Tac Internatioanl Airport is a hub port for Alaska Airlines, a supply depot for Horizon Air and a focus airport for Northwest Airlines.
Healthcare
The Seattle area is the healthcare center for the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States. It is home to leading healthcare organizations, including Swedish Medical Center, the University of Washington Hospital and Affiliated Schools of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, MassHealth Cooperative Hospital, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Northwest Hospital, Stream Valley General Hospital, Children's Hospital, and the Hutchison Cancer Research Center, which boasts the world's largest cancer control and prevention research program. Seattle's medical research scholars have won three Nobel Prizes in medicine in the past five years.
Places of worship
All major religions are represented in the greater Seattle area. In addition to the various Protestant races, Roman Catholicism, and Orthodoxy, there are many synagogues, Buddhist temples, and Islamic mosques.
Suzzallo Library, University of Washington Recreational Facilities
1, Museums 14
2, Parks 50 (urban)/20 (rural)
3, Places of Interest 28
4, Beaches 12
5, Community Centers 24
6, Golf Courses 5
7, Public **** Library 25
8, Tennis Courts 151
9, Performance Center 27
10, Swimming Pools 10
11, Recreation Grounds 38
12, Athletic Clubs 42
13, Trails (Maintained) 5
Edit Section VIII, Arts and Culture
Smith Tower (1914) and Columbia Tower (1985) Landmarks
Seattle's most unusual landmark is the Space Needle, built for the 1962 21st Century Exposition, whose surrounding fairgrounds were altered to become Seattle Center, and which remains the site of many important civic and artistic events.
Other notable landmarks include Smith Tower, Pike Place Market, the Seattle Music Project (EMP), the new Seattle Central Library, and the Bank of America Tower, which is the largest building in the city. (Bank of America Tower), which is the fourth tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi River and 12th tallest in the United States.
Festivals
Seattle's best-known cultural events include the 24-day Seattle International Film Festival, the Northwest Folklife Festival on Memorial Day weekend, Seafair in the summer, and the Westfield Festival in the summer. （Seafair, Bite of Seattle, and the Bumbershoot Festival, International Children's Theatre Festival, and Northwest Book Festival on Labor Day weekend. There are usually always hundreds of thousands of people attending these festivals. The two marijuana festivals and the American Independence Day parades also always draw large crowds.
Dozens of downtown Seattle neighborhoods host one or more street festivals each year, and many have an annual parade or race. The largest street festivals include hundreds of stalls, entertainers, and many stages with hundreds of thousands of people in attendance, while the smallest have only a dozen or so stalls and entertainers, similar to the markets in the larger districts. Other important events are several Indian organizations of the Runway Dance, a Greek festival and many different ethnic festivals.
Like many other large cities, Seattle has many other small-scale events, such as book fairs, special film festivals, and an annual two-day bicycle race from Seattle to Portland with about 8,000 participants.
Arts, Culture and Festivals
According to a 2004 survey by Americans for the Arts, on a per capita basis, there are more arts-related businesses and organizations in the Seattle-Tacoma area than in any other U.S. metropolitan area. The arts landscape includes the Seattle Symphony Orchestra (performing at Benaroya Hall), Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet (performing at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall), countless galleries, the Seattle Art Museum, the Seattle Museum of Asian Art, and the Museum of Feeling Music Engineering Rock and Roll. Seattle*** has 80 theater companies, 25 of which are professional. Seattle has the advantage of organizing large-scale concerts and is internationally recognized for its leadership in original rock, pop and jazz.
Museums
The Henry Art Gallery, opened in 1927, was the first museum in Washington State. The Seattle Art Museum opened in 1933. The Emma Frye Art Museum, the Center on Contemporary Art, and the Seattle Asian Art Museum also house art collections.
Museum Of History & Industry
Burke Museum Of Natural History And Culture
The Klondike Gold Rush Museum)
Log House Museum
Coast Guard Museum Northwest
The Center for Wooden Boats
Northwest Seaport Maritime Heritage Center
Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum
Museum of Flight< /p>
Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center
Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service
Nordic Heritage Museum
Wing Luke Asian Museum
Zoos and Aquariums
Established in 1889, the Woodland Park Zoo in Washington, D.C., one of the oldest zoos on the West Coast, was a pioneer in the invention of the nature-based zoo. 1977 saw the opening of the Seattle Aquarium. In 1977, the Seattle Aquarium opened.
Educational attainment
The average level of education of Seattle residents is higher than the U.S. average. In addition to schools Seattle has strong adult classes and home schooling. In the Seattle area, 89.5% of the population has a high school education or higher, and 47.2% of the population has a state college education or higher (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 National Census).
Colleges of Higher Learning
Like publicly funded schools in most other major U.S. cities Seattle's publicly funded schools are often a cause for debate. Although Seattle's schools eliminated racial segregation without a court ruling, it's not easy to achieve racial parity in every school in a city where all races are divided. While some schools do better than others, it varies with the area in which they live, the education parents give their children, and the schools' different practices.
In addition to publicly funded schools Seattle has a number of private schools: four Catholic, one Protestant, and six non-religious.
Seattle's premier university is the University of Washington, which, with about 40,000 students, is the largest university in the northwestern United States. Also in the city are Seattle University (a Jesuit university) and Seattle Pacific University (a Protestant university). In addition Seattle has a number of smaller colleges and universities in the arts, business and psychology.
Research centers
Major research centers include the Hutchison Cancer Research Center, the Barth Memorial Institute, and the Washington Technology Center.
Public and private schools
1. University of Washington (public)
39,199
2. Seattle University (private)
6,810
3. Seattle Pacific University (private)
3,779
4. Community colleges (four campuses. public)
27,218
5, Seattle Art Institute
2,200
6, Cornish College of the Arts (Cornish)
700
International Business
The greater Seattle area has always been recognized for its quality of life and international competitiveness. of the region. These strengths are reflected in its strategic geographic location (midway between London and Tokyo in terms of distance); its advanced manufacturing capabilities and facilities; its advanced technology community; its cooperation among technology industries; the diversity of its economic base (ranging from agriculture to services to international trade); its high-quality education and health care systems; its highly qualified workforce; its rich and varied cultural and recreational offerings; and the overall caliber of its residents and their openness to ideas.