Seattle
Seattle, Washington 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 Pacific Northwest, with four million people calling the area home.
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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.Pioneer Square-International District
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.Queen Anne-South Lake Union
Northwest of Downtown Seattle, Queen Anne is a hilly residential neighborhood with marvelous views of the city's skyline.Destinations
University District
The University District, or "U-District", surrounds the University of Washington in northeast Seattle.Ballard
Ballard is a neighborhood in northwest Seattle. While mostly residential, the ship canal locks are a major tourist attraction.West Seattle
West Seattle is the most populous district of Seattle.North Seattle
North Seattle is a loosely-defined area, often including anything north of the Ship Canal that bisects the city.South Seattle
South Seattle occupies a broad swath of the city between I-5 to the west and Lake Washington to the east.Sodo-Georgetown
Seattle's Sodo was originally "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".Fremont
Seattle's Fremont district, which bills itself as "The Center of the Universe", is known for its quirky atmosphere.Seattle
- Location: King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- Population: 745,000
- Postal codes: 98101-98109, 98111, 98112, 98114-98119, 98121, 98122, 98124-98127, 98129, 98131, 98133, 98134, 98136, 98138, 98144-98146, 98148, 98154, 98155, 98158, 98160, 98161, 98164, 98166, 98168, 98170, 98174, 98177, 98178, 98181, 98185, 98188, 98190, 98191, 98194, 98195, 98198 and 98199
- IATA airport code: SEA
- United Nations Location Code: US SEA
- Latitude: 47.6062° or 47° 36' 22.4" north
- Longitude: -122.3321° or 122° 19' 55.5" west
- Elevation: 184 feet (56 meters)
- Neighbors: Bellevue, Renton, SeaTac and Shoreline
- GeoNames ID: 5809844
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Other Names for Seattle
- Amharic: ስያትል
- Arabic: سياتل
- Armenian: Սիեթլ
- Azerbaijani: Sietl
- Bashkir: Сиэтл
- Belarusian: Сіэтл
- Bengali: সিয়াটল
- Bulgarian: Сиатъл
- Central Khmer: ស៊ីតថល
- Chechen: Сиэтл
- Chinese: 西雅圖
- French: Seattle
- Gan Chinese: 西雅圖
- Georgian: სიეტლი
- German: Seattle
- Greek: Σιάτλ
- Hebrew: סיאטל
- Hindi: सीऐटल
- Italian: Seattle
- Japanese: シアトル
- Kannada: ಸಿಯಾಟಲ್
- Korean: 시애틀
- Latin: Seattlum
- Latvian: Sietla
- Lithuanian: Sietlas
- Macedonian: Сиетл
- Marathi: सिअॅटल
- Mingrelian: სიეტლი
- Oromo: Siyaatil
- Ossetian: Сиэтл
- Persian: سیاتل
- Portuguese: Seattle
- Russian: Сиэтл
- Serbian: Сијетл
- South Azerbaijani: سیاتل
- Spanish: Seattle
- Tajik: Сиэтл
- Tamil: சியாட்டில்
- Tatar: Сиэтл
- Thai: ซีแอตเทิล
- Uighur: Séatl
- Ukrainian: Сієтл
- Urdu: سیئٹل
- Uzbek: Sietl
- Veps: Sietl
- Western Mari: Сиэтл
- Western Panjabi: سیاٹل
- Yakut: Сиэтл
- Yiddish: סיאטל
- Yue Chinese: 西雅圖
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