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. The city is about 174 km from the border between Canada and the United States.
Seattle was founded on1869 65438+February 2, and was named after the Chief of Seattle. As of 20 17, Seattle has five regions: Tacoma, Olympia, Spokane, Bellevue and Auburn. The total area is 369.2 square kilometers. Rivers, forests and lakes are widely distributed in this city, which belongs to temperate maritime climate. As of 20 16, the population of this 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. There are many celebrities in this field, such as Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft.