Seattle belongs to the United States.
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, with the coordinates of the city's center at 47°37'35'' north latitude and 122°19'59'' west longitude. The city is approximately 174 kilometers from the Canada-United States border.
Seattle was founded on December 2, 1869, and got its name from Chief Seattle. As of 2017, Seattle*** is organized under the five regions of Tacoma, Olympia, Spokane, Bellevue, and Auburn. The total area is 369.2 square kilometers. The city has extensive rivers, forests, and lakes, a temperate maritime climate, and as of 2016, the city's population was approximately 4.78 million.
Seattle is a leader in advanced technologies such as aerospace, computer software, bioinformatics, genetic science, telemedicine, electronic devices, medical equipment, and environmental engineering.
Seattle is a center for the performing arts. The Seattle Symphony Orchestra, which is hundreds of years old, is one of the most published orchestras in the world; Seattle is also very diverse and active in popular and contemporary music. Seattle is considered to be the birthplace of trash music and the birthplace of greasepaint rock. The region is home to many famous people, such as Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.