An important industrial and commercial city and port in the northwestern United States. It is bordered by Puget Sound, which connects to the Pacific Ocean. Population 488,000 (1984), large metropolitan area (including Evolet) 1.6 million (1980). A major trading port in the Northwestern United States, with huge seaport facilities, and a gateway to Alaska and the Far East by air and sea. Financial center. Founded in 1852. Industrially developed. Home to Boeing Airlines headquarters plant, which produces more than 50% of the world's jetliners. Other industries include steel, aluminum, apparel, lumber and wood processing, pulp, canned foods, shipbuilding, and automobile assembly. Fishing fleet and yacht base. Beautiful scenery, with Mount Rainier National Park to the southeast and Olympic Mountain Park to the west. Famous tourist places. There is Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on the southern outskirts of the city. There are schools of higher learning such as the University of Washington (built in 1861).
Here is not Venice, but everywhere you can see the Blue Lagoon; here is not Vegas, but you can dream of gold; here is not the Champs-Elysées in Paris, the coffee aroma of the romantic atmosphere has not been reduced in the slightest; here is the most lively city in the Northwest of the United States - Seattle.
When I think of Seattle, I can't find a more suitable word to describe it than romantic. The romantic image of the city, once made famous by the movie "Sleepless in Seattle," has not been taken as a call for sightseeing, and there are no related products or movie posters to be found downtown. However, Seattle exudes a flavor of romance, a natural presence that is not packaged by the media or hyped as a commercial culture.
Tracing the history of Seattle, only a short 150 years, and most of the information records are originated from the pioneer square (Pioneer Square), a group of immigrants, in 1851 AD from New York City to Seattle, in the vicinity of Pioneer Square landing camp, this group of people are regarded as Seattle's pioneers, and therefore there are a lot of streets are named after them as a memorial, such as Denny's Square, and the streets are named after them, such as Denny's Square. The group is regarded as Seattle's pioneers, and as such, there are many streets named in their honor, such as Denny, Yesler, Bell, Boren, and many others. Seattle is located in Puget Sound, Washington, with a total coastline and lakeshore length of 80 kilometers. The area **** has 218 square kilometers and a population of 540,000, while it is 113 miles (182 kilometers) from the U.S.-Canada border.
The Indians, who have inhabited North America since time immemorial, subsisted on hunting and fishing, and lived a self-sufficient tribal life in the deep woods and wilderness, are the original inhabitants of this place, except that 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 settlers' new land directly after Chief Sealth, which, due to some colloquial miscommunication, eventually became Seattle, the city's name.
And the main attractions, the most popular city sightseeing and entertainment spots include the Seattle Center and the Space Needle, Pike Place Market, Pathfinder Plaza, the famous Nordstorm department store, Starbucks Coffee and so on. Drinking coffee is a natural part of life for the people of Seattle, just like sunshine, air, flowers and water, it is something that naturally exists in everyday life without having to go into details. Nonetheless, when you walk into Seattle, you can't help but fall for the Espresso on the streets. From Starbucks Coffee, an international chain, to The Seattle's Best Coffee, named directly after Seattle, to Torrefazione Italia, a raging invasion from Italy, and Tully's Coffee, favored by the Japanese media, the four well-known brands have their own style of espresso in the romantic coffee city of Seattle. In Seattle, the romantic city of coffee, each of these four famous brands has its own style and character, occupying every street, as well as important shopping malls, shopping centers, or airports and stations. In addition, there are also many individual cafes hiding in unknown street corners in various neighborhoods, or Espresso bars that often appear in the streets and alleys. In Seattle, on average, you will see a word like Cafe every 100 meters, and there are so many coffee shops that tourists are dumbfounded by the number of them. For the word Seattle, people can be very comfortable nestled in a cafe to meditate, can hold a small umbrella and walk casually on the street to twist their waist and swing their hips. Seattle has such a deep sense of style that it's up to you to define it.
History
Seattle Canopy
Foundation
The earliest and most predominantly white settlers in the Seattle area arrived on November 13, 1851, and in April 1852 they moved their settlement to Elliott Bay. The first map of the city was drawn on May 23, 1853. It was a town from 1865 to 1867 and officially a city from 1869.
Seattle got its name from Chief Sealth, a chief of the Duwamish and Soguamish tribes.
Major events
Seattle's major events include the Great Fire of 1889 (which destroyed the central business district but killed no one), the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909 (today's University of Washington was built on the site of that year's exposition), the Seattle General Strike of 1919 (the first U.S. General Strike), and the 21st Century Exposition in 1962, The 1990 Friendship Games and the 1999 World Trade Organization General Assembly were forced to close by protests from the anti-globalization movement.A major earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck the Seattle area in February 2001, but caused limited damage.
Economic history
Seattle has experienced times of growth and recession. As a headquarters city for large companies during its downturns some even thought it would keep shrinking. But it has generally always managed to rebuild its infrastructure during those times.
The first big development was the growth of the wood industry in the early days of the city's founding.The Gold Rush of the late 1800s also brought a small, short-lived development to Seattle.
Shipbuilding in the early 20th century also brought prosperity to Seattle. After World War II Seattle's economy benefited from the Boeing boom brought on by the growth of the commercial airline industry.The aviation bust of the late 1960s and early 1970s forced many people out of 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, along with its future Boeing 787 (Dreamliner) production line, out of Washington state. Many cities competed to become Boeing's headquarters and new production center by offering low taxes, but in the end Boeing moved its headquarters to Chicago, but the Boeing 787 production line remained in the greater Seattle area. Seattle is still home to Boeing Civil Airplanes, some Boeing factories and the Boeing Employees Credit Union.
Recent growth has come primarily from Microsoft and other software, Internet and communications companies such as Amazon.com, RealNetworks and AT&T 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.
Residents and Culture
Population
The 2000 U.S. Census showed Seattle had 563,374 residents. The entire Puget Sound metropolitan area has a population of about 3.7 million people, about 73.4% of whom are white, which is the highest white composition of any northern metropolitan area in the U.S. 4.7% 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 percent are Asian, 8.44 percent are African, 1.1 percent are Native American, 0.5 percent are Pacific Native, and 6.84 percent are from other non-white ethnic groups.
Many legal and illegal immigrants have come to Seattle in the last decade or so. 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 Washington. It is estimated to have grown by 10 percent from 2000 to 2002 alone.
About 1.25 percent are estimated to be homeless, 14 percent of whom are youth.
In 2005 Men's Fitness magazine called Seattle the fittest city in America.
Landmarks
Space Needle fireworks display on New Year's Day Seattle's most unusual landmark is the Space Needle, which was built for the 1962 21st Century Exposition, and whose surrounding exposition site was transformed into the Seattle Center, which remains the site of many important civic and artistic events. The Seattle Center is still the site of many important civic and arts events.
Other notable landmarks include Smith Tower, Pike Place Market, the EMP (Experience Music Project), the new Seattle Central Library, and the Bank of America Tower. (EMP; Experience Music Project), the new Seattle Central Library, and the Bank of America Tower, the fourth tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi River and 12th tallest in the United States.
Annual cultural events and exhibitions
Seattle's most notable cultural events include the 24-day Seattle International Film Festival, the Northwest Folklife Festival on Memorial Day weekend, and the Summer Ocean Festival. Seattle International Film Festival, Northwest Folklife Festival on Memorial Day weekend, Seafair in the summer, Bite of Seattle, and Bumbershoot on Labor Day weekend. Hundreds of thousands of people usually attend these festivals. Two parades, the Marijuana Festival and the Independence Day parade, also always draw large crowds.
Dozens of Seattle's downtowns host one or more street festivals each year, and many hold 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, with a dozen stalls and entertainers, are similar to markets in larger neighborhoods.
Other important events are several Indian organizations of the Runway Dance, a Greek festival and many ethnic festivals of different nationalities.
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.
Performing Arts
Seattle is a center for the performing arts. The Seattle Symphony Orchestra has a history of hundreds of years and is one of the most widely published symphony orchestras in the world. The Seattle Opera and the Pacific Northwest Ballet are also very well known. Seattle Opera is especially known for its stagings of William Richard Wagner, and the Pacific Northwest Ballet School is one of the three most prestigious ballet schools in the United States.
Seattle also has about 20 theaters.
Seattle is also very diverse and active in popular and contemporary music.
Museums and Art Collections
Seattle's most famous building, the Henry Art Gallery, opened in 1927 around 1893 and was the first museum in Washington State. The Seattle Art Museum opened in 1933. The Frye Art Museum, the Center on Contemporary Art and the Seattle Asian Art Museum also house art collections.
The Museum Of History & Industry and the Burke Museum Of Natural History And Culture, the Klondike Gold Rush Museum, the Roundwood House Museum, and the Klondike Museum of Natural History and Culture are also home to art collections. Museum, the Log House Museum, and the Coast Guard Museum Northwest collect regional history. The Center for Wooden Boats, Northwest Seaport Maritime Heritage Center, Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum and the Museum of Flight are among the many museums in the area. (The Museum of Flight, Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center, and Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service focus on industrial technology. The Nordic Heritage Museum and the Wing Luke Asian Museum focus on ethnic heritage.
Other Cultural Facilities
Established in 1889, the Woodland Park Zoo in Washington, one of the oldest zoos on the West Coast, was a pioneer in the invention of the nature-based zoo, and the Seattle Aquarium opened in 1977.
Media
Seattle's most important newspapers are the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, both of which share their advertising and business divisions. Important weekly newspapers are the Seattle Weekly and the Stranger, both of which are free weeklies. The former is the unofficial newspaper of the Seattle area, often reporting on the darker side of the country or the city of Seattle that the official newspapers cannot. The latter is aimed at an alternative readership and covers offbeat news such as homosexuality.
Seattle also has many television and radio stations.
Sports
Teams Programs Leagues Home Stadiums
Seattle Mariners Baseball Major League Baseball Sevco Stadium
Seattle Seahawks Rugby NFL Cuesta Stadium
Seattle Sounders Soccer United States Soccer League Division 1 (men)
United States Soccer League W (women) Cuesta Stadium
Seattle Storm Basketball American Women's Basketball Association KeyArena
Seattle Supersonics Basketball American Basketball Association KeyArena
Seattle Thunderbirds Ice Hockey American Western Hockey League KeyArena
Seattle's first modern professional team was the Seattle Supersonics (Basketball).1969. was joined by the baseball team, the Seattle Pilots. Both teams' names are associated with the local airplane industry. The Pilots moved to Milwaukee a year later.1976 The football team, the Seattle Seahawks, was founded, and in 1977 the baseball team, the Seattle Mariners, was founded.
The first team to win a national championship for Seattle was the hockey team Seattle Metropolitan, which won the U.S. title in 1917.
Also the University of Washington, Seattle University, and Seattle Pacific University have teams (e.g., football and basketball).
Education
The average level of education for Seattle residents is higher than the average for the U.S. Thirty-six percent of the population has a master's degree or higher, and 93% have graduated from a college or university. In addition to schools Seattle has strong adult classes and home schooling.
As in most other major U.S. cities Seattle's publicly funded schools are often a cause for debate. Although Seattle's schools eliminated the practice of racial segregation without a court ruling, it is not easy to achieve racial composition parity in every school in a city where all races are divided. Some schools do better than others, but that varies with where you live, what parents do for their children, and what the schools do.
In addition to publicly funded schools, Seattle has a number of private schools: four Catholic, one Protestant and six non-religious.
Seattle's main university is the University of Washington, which, with more than 40,000 students, is the largest in the northwestern U.S. There are also Seattle University (a Jesuit university) and Seattle Pacific University (a Protestant university) in the city. In addition Seattle has a number of smaller colleges and universities in the arts, business, and psychology.
Government and Politics
Seattle's mayor and nine other city council members are elected annually, as is the city attorney. All of these positions are not amateurish.
Seattle provides more infrastructure such as drinking water, wastewater and electricity than many other U.S. cities, and billing and management are handled by the city. But trash and recycling are handled by private companies.
As in most other U.S. cities and counties, legal agencies handle most criminal behavior. Seattle's city courts deal mainly with trivial matters such as wrongful parking fines. The city of Seattle has its own jail.In 2004 there were 24 murders in the city a***, the lowest number since 1965. The crime rate has dropped 42 percent since 1994, to about seven crimes per 1,000 residents. The crime rate for auto theft has increased by 44 percent.
Seattle's politics are more left of center than the U.S. average, but there are some conservative downtowns. Most elections are won by the Democratic Party of the United States and the Green Party.
Official nicknames, city flower, motto, and city song
Seattle's nickname since 1869 has been "The Queen City", and in 1981 the city officially elected a new nickname. the winner announced in 1982 was "The Emerald City". The winner, announced in 1982, was "The Emerald City". The winner, announced in 1982, was "The Emerald City," which depicts the lushness caused by the rainy weather around Seattle. Seattle's other title, "City of Airplanes," is not an official nickname.
The dahlia has been Seattle's city flower since 1913, its city song since 1909 has been "Seattle, the Incomparable City," its motto since 1942 has been "City of Flowers," and 48 years later it added "City of Flowers" to its motto for the Friendship 48 years later, the motto "Friendship City" was added to the motto for the Friendship Games.
Sister Cities
Beersheba, Israel
Cebu, Philippines
Christchurch, New Zealand
Galway, Ireland
Haiphong, Vietnam
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Limbe, Cameroon
Mombasa, Kenya
Pec, Hungary
Reykjavik, Iceland
Rykjavik, Iceland
Rykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavik, IcelandSurabaya, Indonesia
Bergen, Norway
Chongqing, China
Daejeon, South Korea
Gdynia, Poland
Izmir, Turkey
Kobe, Japan
Mazatlan, Mexico
Nantes, France
Italy Perugia
Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Infrastructure
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 bus****es and ferries.
Extensions are currently only about a mile and a half to about ten miles; between West Seattle and Ballard; the Seattle Monorail, after four successful elections, failed miserably in its fifth re-election in December 2005. Seattle's dream of building a monorail was officially over.
But Sound Transit will begin running Light Rail between Sea-Tac Internatioanl Airport and downtown Seattle in 2009. The voter-approved Sound Transit Authority currently operates a number of express bus lines and a Commuter Train connecting Everett-Seattle-Tacoma.
Airports
Seattle's commercial airport is Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in West Tacoma, offering flights to North America, Europe and the Far East. West-Tacoma is a hub port for Alaska Airlines, a supply depot for Horizon Air and a focus airport for Northwest Airlines.
In addition, Seattle has a general civilian airport, Boeing Field. In fact, Boeing Field is governed by the King County government.
Street layout
Except for the downtown business districts Seattle forms a square format on an east-west and north-south alignment, and in the downtown business districts the street alignment follows that of the coast. Where the two alignments meet they often create unusual angles, often confusing to outsiders unfamiliar with Seattle.
Highways
The main highway running north-south through Seattle is Interstate 5, while the main highways to and from the neighboring city of Bellevue are SR-520 and Interstate 90, with Seattle being the west coast starting point for Interstate 90, which runs east to Boston. directly to Boston.
Medical centers and hospitals
The Health Cooperative is a pioneer in health care in the United States. The University of Washington is one of the top medical research centers in the United States. Seattle itself was a pioneer in establishing ambulance corps in the United States.
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center is the pediatric medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Harborview Medical Center, a county public ****hospital, is the only Level I trauma hospital in these four states and the only Level I medical center for adults and children in Washington. A Level I medical center means that emergency physicians, nurses and surgeons must be on-site at the emergency center and be able to reach a patient within five minutes of the emergency. It shares the same physician staff as the University of Washington Medical Center.
Facilities
In Seattle water and electricity are provided by public **** facilities. The private Puget Sound Energy provides natural gas, Seattle Steam provides steam, Cuesta provides telephone service, and Comcast provides cable television.
Economy
Corporations
Five of the top 500 U.S. corporations were headquartered in Seattle in 2004***: Washington Mutual Bank (#103), insurance company Safeco Corporation (#103), and apparel retailer Nordstrom (286), Amazon.com (342) and Starbucks (425).
Although Boeing moved its headquarters to Chicago in 2001, it remains the most important employer in Seattle, and even in Washington state, besides the military. The greater Seattle area is also its primary production center for commercial airliners. The Boeing 737 and 757 are assembled at City of Renton, while the Boeing 747, 767, 777 and future 787 are assembled at Everett.
Other major companies are headquartered in cities near Seattle, such as retailer Costco (No. 29), which is headquartered in the City of Issaquah, and Microsoft (No. 46) and AT&T Wireless (No. 120), which were headquartered there before Cingular absorbed them in 2004. Microsoft (#46), Microsoft (#120) and AT&T Wireless (#120) were headquartered in the City of Redmond before being absorbed by Cingular in 2004. Forest products company Weyerhaeuser (#95) is in the City of Federal Way, and tractor manufacturer Parsa (#250) is in the City of Bellevue.
Seattle intends to get a leg up by attracting bio-engineering firms, an idea supported by public ****.
Geography and climate
Geography
Seattle is located between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, with the Olympic Mountains bordering the Sound to the west, Lake Washington to the east, Lake Sammamish to the east, Issaquah Highland and Tiger Mountain, and Cascades to the south. Mountain, and finally the Cascade Range.
The city of Seattle is built on hilly terrain, with some of the tallest parts of the city directly near downtown. The terrain near the downtown area has been altered in many ways through various terrain modification projects.
Seattle is rich in rivers, forests, lakes, and fields. 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 Seattle Fault is an active geologic fault that passes directly under downtown Seattle and continues to cause earthquakes. In the one hundred and fifty years since recorded history began, 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).
Seattle's geographic location is 47°37'35 "N, 122°19'59 "W. As per the US Census Bureau data Seattle has an area of 369.2 square kilometers, of which 217.2 square kilometers is land and 152 square kilometers is water. That means 41.16% of the area is water.
Climate
Seattle's climate is mild, with moderate temperatures due to the oceanic factor, and protection from storms from the mountains to the west. It receives between 890 and 970 millimeters of rainfall per year, giving it the name of the Rainy City, which is less than some U.S. cities on the East Coast (e.g., New York 1,200 millimeters), but its number of cloudy days is an average of 226 per year, which is more than that of New York (132). Because Seattle is located behind the Olympic Mountains, most rainfall is light or drizzly. Seattle's climate and temperatures are about the same as those of Vancouver, a nearby large Canadian city.
Annual rainfall averages 3,600 millimeters in Olympic National Park, 130 kilometers 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.
This is not Venice, but everywhere you can see the Blue Lagoon; this is not Vegas, but you can dream of gold; this is not the Champs-Elysees in Paris, the coffee aroma of the romantic atmosphere has not been reduced in the slightest; this is the most lively city in the northwest of the United States - Seattle.
When I think of Seattle, I can't find a more suitable word to describe it than romantic. The romantic image of the city, once made famous by the movie "Sleepless in Seattle," has not been taken as a call for sightseeing, and there are no related products or movie posters to be found downtown. However, Seattle exudes a flavor of romance, a natural presence that is not packaged by the media or hyped as a commercial culture.
Tracing the history of Seattle, only a short 150 years, and most of the information records are originated from the pioneer square (Pioneer Square), a group of immigrants, in 1851 AD from New York City to Seattle, in the vicinity of Pioneer Square landing camp, this group of people are regarded as Seattle's pioneers, and therefore there are a lot of streets are named after them as a memorial, such as Denny's Square, and the streets are named after them, such as Denny's Square. The group is regarded as Seattle's pioneers, and as such, there are many streets named in their honor, such as Denny, Yesler, Bell, Boren, and many others. Seattle is located in Puget Sound, Washington, with a total coastline and lakeshore length of 80 kilometers. The area **** has 218 square kilometers and a population of 540,000, while 113 miles (182 kilometers) from the U.S.-Canada border.
The Indians, who inhabited North America since time immemorial, lived by hunting and fishing, and led a self-sufficient tribal life in the deep forests and wildernesses, are the original inhabitants of this place, except that 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 settlers' new land directly after Chief Sealth, which, due to some colloquial miscommunication, eventually became Seattle, the city's name.
And the main attractions, the most popular city sightseeing and entertainment spots include the Seattle Center and the Space Needle, Pike Place Market, Pathfinder Plaza, the famous Nordstorm department store, Starbucks Coffee and so on. Drinking coffee is a natural part of life for the people of Seattle, just like sunshine, air, flowers and water, it is one of the things that naturally exists in everyday life without having to go into details. Nonetheless, when you walk into Seattle, you can't help but fall in love with the streets full of Espresso. From Starbucks Coffee, an international chain, to The Seattle's Best Coffee, named directly after Seattle, to Torrefazione Italia, a raging invasion from Italy, and Tully's Coffee, favored by the Japanese media, the four well-known brands have their own style of espresso in the romantic coffee city of Seattle. In Seattle, the romantic city of coffee, each of these four famous brands has its own style and character, occupying every street, as well as important shopping malls, shopping centers, or airports and stations. In addition, there are also many individual cafes hiding in unknown street corners in various neighborhoods, or Espresso bars that often appear in the streets and alleys. In Seattle, on average, you will see a word like Cafe every 100 meters, and there are so many coffee shops that tourists are dumbfounded by the number of them. For the word Seattle, people can be very comfortable nestled in a cafe to meditate, can hold a small umbrella and walk casually on the street to twist their waist and swing their hips. Seattle is such a deep style, how should be defined, it is left to you to come here slowly experience yo.
Seattle is also a chief.
Chief Seattle (1786 - June 7, 1866) was an American Indian tribal leader in Washington state who was Catholic, enjoyed the company of white settlers*** and developed a personal friendship with one of Seattle's founders, David Swainson Maynard. At Maynard's suggestion, Seattle was named after Seattle