King County
King County is the largest county in Washington State by population, home to roughly 30% of the state's residents. It stretches from Puget Sound to the Cascade Range, encompassing the major cities of Seattle and Bellevue and their sprawling suburbs, as well as wide stretches of rural farmland and uninhabited mountain terrain.Map | Satellite | Directions |
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Seattle
Seattle, Washington sits at one of the most beautiful spots in the United States.Capitol Hill-Central District
Capitol Hill is Seattle's most densely populated neighborhood and the heart of the city's counterculture.Downtown Seattle
Packed between Elliott Bay and the hilly neighborhoods to the east, Downtown Seattle unsurprisingly contains the city's bustling financial and retail district.Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, commonly referred to as Sea-Tac, is situated between Seattle and Tacoma in the Puget Sound region of Washington state.Destinations
Bellevue
Bellevue is a city in the Puget Sound region of Washington state, and often considered a suburb of Seattle.Renton
Renton is a city in King County, Washington south of Bellevue and north of Kent.Issaquah
Issaquah is a city in King County in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.Vashon Island
Vashon Island or Vashon-Maury Island is an island near Seattle in the Puget Sound region, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet.Redmond
Redmond is a city in King County, Washington in the United States of America.King County
- Location: Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- Population: 2,120,000
- Latitude of center: 47.4908° or 47° 29' 27" north
- Longitude of center: -121.8358° or 121° 50' 9" west
- Elevation: 2146 feet (654 meters)
- GeoNames ID: 5799783
Also Known As
- Arabic: مقاطعة كينغ
- Basque: King konderria
- Bishnupriya: কিং কাউন্টি
- Bulgarian: Кинг
- Chinese: 金县
- Czech: Okres King
- English: King
- Esperanto: Kantono King
- Estonian: Kingi maakond
- French: Comté de King
- German: King County
- Hebrew: מחוז קינג
- Hungarian: King megye
- Italian: Contea di King
- Japanese: キング郡
- Korean: 킹 군
- Min Nan Chinese: King Kūn
- Persian: شهرستان کینگ، واشینگتن
- Polish: Hrabstwo King
- Portuguese: Condado de King
- Romanian: Comitatul King
- Russian: Кинг
- Serbian: Округ Кинг
- Spanish: Condado de King
- Ukrainian: Кінґ
- Urdu: کنگ کاؤنٹی، واشنگٹن
- Vietnamese: Quận King
- Waray (Philippines): Condado han King
- Western Panjabi: کنگ کاؤنٹی، واشنگٹن
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