Information on Seattle

Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It is located in Jinxian County between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, Washington, about 174 kilometers away from the Canada-US border. Seattle is also the county seat of King County. Founded in 1869, Seattle is a commercial, cultural and high-tech center in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and also a major tourist and trade port city that runs through the Pacific Ocean and Scandinavia in Europe. The greater Seattle area is surrounded by green mountains and green waters all the year round, and in the distance, it is Mount Rainier, the highest volcano in the United States.

Chinese name: Seattle

Foreign name: City of Seattle

Alias: Emerald City

Location: Pacific Northwest, USA

Telephone area code: 26

Area: 369.2 square kilometers

Population: 582,2 (February 26) < p Expressway Park

Airport: seattle-tacoma international airport

City Flower Dahlia (1913-present) City Bird Big Blue Grey Heron (23-present) There are 2,2 computer development companies in Seattle, among which Microsoft is the largest private computer software company in the world. Boeing, the world's largest aircraft manufacturer, is the largest employer in the region. 115 companies engaged in biotechnology engineering have provided 12,4 jobs and an annual output value of $2 billion. Seattle has convenient transportation and extensive road transportation network, which closely connects Seattle with major cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Seattle is the birthplace of grunge music, and Seattle people are also famous for their huge coffee consumption. Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee and Tully's Coffee are all established here. In 1995, Seattle was named "the best place to live in America" by Money magazine, "the best city to live and work in" by Fortune magazine in 1996, and it was recognized as the city with the highest quality of life in the United States in 1998. Seattle is also a traditional convention and tourism center.

the origin of the city name

the name of Seattle comes from Sealth, an aboriginal chief. When the earliest colonists arrived here around 185, Chief Hills gave them protection and friendship. Indians who have lived in North America since ancient times have lived a self-sufficient tribal life by hunting and fishing. They are the aborigines of Seattle, but their history is not recorded in the general history of the United States. The pioneers in Seattle, respecting this group of Duwamish aborigines who have lived in Elliott Bay for a long time, directly named the new land of this immigrant land as the name of Chief Sealth, which eventually became Seattle because of some oral misinformation. This is the origin of the name of Seattle.

editing the establishment of the city in this paragraph

Although the Washington state area was discovered by maritime explorers as early as the end of the 18th century, it was not until late in Seattle that white people settled here. The first white family arrived and settled in Alki Point on November 13th, 1851. The town was soon moved near Elliott Bay and renamed Sealth. Sealth was originally the name of a Duwamish and Suquamish tribal chief, and the chief also received a patent fee of $1,. The first map of the city was drawn on May 23rd, 1853. Seattle was a small town from 1865 to 1867. After 1869, Seattle officially became a city.

Edit this major event

The major events in Seattle include the fire in 1889 (the central business district was destroyed, but no one was killed), the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo in 199 (the University of Washington in Seattle was established on the site of the Expo that year), the general strike in Seattle in 1919 (the first general strike in the United States), the 21st Century Expo in 1962, and the 199. In February, 21, a major earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale broke out in Seattle, causing damage to the city.

Edit this economic history

Seattle has experienced development and depression. As the headquarters city of a big company, some people even think that it will be shrinking when it is in recession. But Seattle has always succeeded in rebuilding its infrastructure during these times. The first great development was the development of the wood industry in the early days of the city. The gold rush at the end of the 19th century also brought a short and small development to Seattle. Shipbuilding in the early 2th century also brought prosperity to Seattle. After World War II, Seattle's economy benefited from the prosperity of Boeing brought by the development of commercial aviation industry. The depression of aviation in the late 196s and early 197s forced many people to leave Seattle. Two local real estate developers posted a slogan: "Please turn off the lights for those who leave Seattle last." Seattle was Boeing's corporate headquarters until 21. In 21, Boeing said it intended to move its headquarters and its future Boeing 787 production line out of Washington State. Many cities competed with low taxes to become Boeing's headquarters and new production center. Finally, Boeing's headquarters moved to Chicago, but the Boeing 787 production line remained in the Greater Seattle area. Seattle is still home to Boeing commercial aircraft, some Boeing factories and the Boeing Workers' Credit Union. The recent development mainly comes from Microsoft and other software, Internet and communication companies, such as Amazon, RealNetworks and AT&T Wireless. Even the local Starbucks headquarters has invested in many Internet and software companies. This new development ended in early 21, but many of these companies are still quite strong.