Seattle, founded on December 2, 1869, got its name from Chief Seattle.
Seattle is located on the Pacific coast of the northwestern U.S. state of Washington, between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, bordered by the Olympic Mountains to the west and Lake Washington to the east, and the city is about 174 kilometers from the Canada-U.S. border.
Seattle has a total area of 369.2 square kilometers,**** under the five regions of Tacoma, Olympia, Spokane, Bellevue, and Auburn. The city has extensive rivers, forests and lakes, and a temperate maritime climate.
Seattle is a leader in aerospace, computer software, bioinformatics, genetic sciences, electronic devices, medical devices, and environmental engineering. Seattle is a center for the performing arts.
The Seattle Symphony Orchestra is hundreds of years old and has one of the most published recordings in the world; Seattle is considered to be the birthplace of trash music and the birthplace of greasepaint rock.