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Seattle

Seattle, sits at one of the most beautiful spots in the United States. Occupying a narrow isthmus between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, it is the biggest city in the , with 750,000 people in Seattle and close to four million people in the metro area.
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Popular Destinations

Capitol Hill is Seattle's most densely populated neighborhood and the heart of the city's counterculture. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Packed between Elliott Bay and the hilly neighborhoods to the east, unsurprisingly contains the city's bustling financial and retail district. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pioneer Square is Seattle's oldest neighborhood, showcasing a wealth of art galleries, bookstores, antique shops, cool restaurants, and buzzing nightclubs within easy walking distance of most Downtown Seattle hotels. Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Northwest of , Queen Anne is a hilly residential neighborhood with marvelous views of the city's skyline. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Notable Places in the Area

The is an observation tower in Seattle, , United States. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Museum
The or MoPOP is a nonprofit museum in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Museum
The is an art museum located in Seattle, , United States. Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Market Theater is a brick wall covered in used chewing gum under in . Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Destinations

The , or "U-District", surrounds the University of Washington in northeast Seattle. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

is a loosely-defined area, often including anything north of the Ship Canal that bisects the city. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

is a neighborhood in northwest Seattle. While mostly residential, the ship canal locks are a major tourist attraction. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

is the most populous district of Seattle. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

occupies a broad swath of the city between I-5 to the west and Lake Washington to the east. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Seattle's Sodo used to be called "South of the Dome", referring to the now-demolished Kingdome; to keep some sense in the name, it is sometimes explained now as "South of Downtown". Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Seattle's district, which bills itself as "The Center of the Universe", is known for its quirky atmosphere. Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Localities in the Area

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in Seattle, , so named because of its location on the eastern shore of . Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Suburb
is a densely populated residential district in Seattle, , United States. Photo: Dllu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood located in the southeastern part of Seattle, Washington in the district. Photo: Mattgrundy, CC BY 3.0.

Seattle

Latitude
47.6038° or 47° 36' 14" north
Longitude
-122.3301° or 122° 19' 48" west
Population
737,000
Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)
IATA airport code
SEA
United Nations Location Code
US SEA
Open Location Code
84VVJM39+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29546940
Geo­Names ID
5809844
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Also Known As

  • Abkhazian: Seattle
  • Afrikaans: Seattle
  • Akan: Seattle
  • Albanian: Seattle
  • Albanian: Siatëll
  • Amharic: ስያትል
  • Arabic: Seattle
  • Arabic: سياتل
  • Arabic: سياتيل، واشنطن
  • Armenian: Սիեթլ
  • Asturian; Bable: Seattle, WA
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  • Asturian; Bable: Seattle
  • Azerbaijani: Sietl
  • Bambara: Seattle
  • Bashkir: Сиэтл
  • Basque: Seattle
  • Bavarian: Seattle
  • Belarusian: Сіетл
  • Belarusian: Сіэтл
  • Bengali: সিয়াটল
  • Bengali: সিয়াটেল
  • Bosnian: Seattle
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  • Bulgarian: Сиатъл
  • Catalan: Seattle
  • Cebuano: Seattle
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  • Chechen: Сиэтл
  • Chinese: Seattle
  • Chinese: 西雅图
  • Chinese: 西雅圖
  • Cornish: Seattle
  • Corsican: Seattle
  • Croatian: Seattle, Washington
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  • Czech: Seattle
  • Danish: Seattle
  • Dimli: Seattle
  • Dutch: Seattle
  • Egyptian Spoken Arabic: سياتل
  • Emiliano-Romagnolo: Seattle
  • English: Duwamps
  • English: New York Alki
  • English: Seattle, WA
  • English: Seattle, Washington
  • Esperanto: Seatlo
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  • Estonian: Seattle
  • Faroese: Seattle
  • Finnish: Seattle, Washington
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  • French: Seattle
  • Frisian: Seattle
  • Gaelic (Scots): Seattle, Washington
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  • Gallegan: Seattle
  • Gan Chinese: 西雅圖
  • Georgian: სიეტლი
  • German: Seattle
  • German: Seattle, WA
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  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌻
  • Greek: Σιάτλ, Ουάσιγκτον
  • Greek: Σιάτλ, Ουάσινγκτον
  • Greek: Σιάτλ
  • Gujarati: સિએટલ
  • Haitian; Haitian Creole: Seattle, Washington
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  • Hausa: Seattle
  • Hebrew: סיאטל
  • Hindi: सिएटल
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  • Ido: Seattle
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  • Inari Sami: Seattle
  • Indonesian: Duwamps
  • Indonesian: New York Alki
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  • Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Seattle
  • Irish: Seattle, Washington
  • Irish: Seattle
  • Italian: Emerald City
  • Italian: Seattle
  • Japanese: シアトル
  • Kabyle: Seattle
  • Kalaallisut: Seattle
  • Kannada: ಸಿಯಾಟಲ್
  • Kazakh: Сиэтл
  • Kazakh: Сиэтл қаласы
  • Khmer: ស៊ីតថល
  • Kikuyu: Seattle
  • Korean: 시애틀
  • Kurdish: Seattle
  • Ladino: Seattle
  • Lao: Seattle
  • Latin: Seattlum
  • Latvian: Sietla
  • Letzeburgesch: Seattle
  • Lithuanian: Sietlas
  • Low German; Low Saxon: Seattle
  • Macedonian: Сиетл
  • Malagasy: Seattle
  • Malay (generic): Seattle
  • Maltese: Seattle
  • Maori: Heātara
  • Maori: Seattle
  • Marathi: सिअ ॅटल
  • Marathi: सिअ‍ॅटल
  • Min Dong Chinese: Seattle
  • Min Nan Chinese: Seattle
  • Mingrelian: სიეთლი
  • Mingrelian: სიეტლი
  • Mongolian: Сиэтл
  • Navajo: Béésh Yótʼááh Ííʼáhí
  • Northern Sami: Seattle
  • Norwegian: Seattle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Seattle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Seattle
  • Occitan (post 1500); Provençal: Seattle
  • Oromo: Siyaatil
  • Ossetian; Ossetic: Сиэтл
  • Pampanga: Seattle, Washington
  • Pampanga: Seattle
  • Panjabi: ਸੀਐਟਲ
  • Papiamento: Seattle
  • Persian: سیاتل
  • Picard: Seattle
  • Piemontese: Seattle
  • Polish: Seattle
  • Portuguese: Seattle
  • Pushto: سیاتل
  • Quechua: Seattle
  • Romanian: Seattle
  • Russian: Сиетл
  • Russian: Сиэтл
  • Sardinian: Seattle
  • Scots: Seattle
  • Serbian: Сијетл
  • Serbo-Croatian: Seattle
  • Sicilian: Seattle
  • Sinhalese: සියැටල්
  • Skolt Sami: Seattle
  • Slovak: Seattle
  • Slovenian: Seattle, Washington
  • Slovenian: Seattle
  • Somali: Seattle
  • South Azerbaijani: سیاتل
  • Spanish: Seattle
  • Spanish: Seattle, Washington
  • Sranan: Seattle
  • Swahili (generic): Seattle
  • Swedish: Seattle, WA
  • Swedish: Seattle, Washington
  • Swedish: Seattle
  • Tagalog: Seattle
  • Tajik: Сиэтл
  • Tamil: சியாட்டில்
  • Tamil: ஸீயாடல்
  • Tatar: Сиэтл
  • Tatar: Сиәтл
  • Telugu: సియాటెల్
  • Thai: ซีแอตเทิล
  • Tornedalen Finnish: Seattle, Washington
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  • Turkish: Seattle, Washington
  • Turkish: Seattle
  • Turkmen: Sietl
  • Twi: Seattle
  • Udmurt: Сиэтл
  • Uighur: Séatl
  • Ukrainian: Сіетл
  • Ukrainian: Сієтл
  • Urdu: سیئٹل
  • Urdu: سیاٹل
  • Uzbek: Seattle
  • Uzbek: Sietl
  • Venetian: Seattle
  • Veps: Sietl
  • Vietnamese: Seattle
  • Volapük: Seattle
  • Waray (Philippines): Seattle
  • Welsh: Seattle
  • Western Mari: Сиэтл
  • Western Panjabi: سیاٹل
  • Wu Chinese: 西雅图
  • Yakut: Сиэтл
  • Yiddish: סיאטל
  • Yoruba: Seattle
  • Yue Chinese: 西雅圖
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