Seattle, founded on1869 65438+February 2, was named after Chief Seattle. Located between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, it is adjacent to the Olympic Mountain in the west and Lake Washington in the east. The city is about 174 km from the border between Canada and the United States. With a total area of 369.2 square kilometers, * * has jurisdiction over Tacoma, Olympia, Spokane, Bellevue and Auburn. Rivers, forests and lakes are widely distributed in this city, which belongs to temperate maritime climate. The population of this city is about 4.78 million, and Chinese account for about 3.45% of the city's population.
Seattle is in a leading position in aerospace, computer software, bioinformatics, genetic science, 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 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.
Introduction to the history of Seattle.
Archaeological excavations show that Native Americans came to Seattle to live at least 4000 years ago. When European colonists first arrived, local natives (later called Duwamish) had established at least 17 villages in Seattle near the Iliad Bay in Puget Sound. 1792 In May, gorge vancouver came to Seattle during his exploration, which was the first time that Europeans came to Seattle.
185 1 year, a huge team led by Luther m Collins arrived at the mouth of the Dewamish River in Seattle, and officially announced its ownership on September 14 of the same year; On September 27th of the same year, some members of the Collins team met three detectives of the Danny team on their way to the land they announced their occupation. After some members of Danny's team occupied the algie store, the remaining members rowed here from Portland, Oregon on a stormy day in the same year 1 13.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Seattle.