Seattle, Washington: The Emerald City on the Pacific Coast

1. Seattle, Washington,The United States-by Leon, Jack and Sunly-

2. About Seattle • Location • Seattle is a coastal port city and the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located in the state of Washington between an arm of the Pacific Ocean called Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 96 miles (154 km) south of the Canada – United States border in King County, of which it is the county seat. • This picture shows Location of Seattle in King County and Washington • Name • Early settlements in the area were called "New York-Alki" and "Duwamps". In 1853, Doc Maynard suggested that the main settlement be renamed "Seattle," an anglicized rendition of the name of Sealth, the chief of the two local tribes. Seattle was known as the "Queen City". Seattle's current official nickname is the "Emerald City,". Seattle is also referred to informally as the "Gateway to Alaska," "Rain City," and "Jet City," the latter from the local influence of Boeing. Seattle residents are known as Seattleites. • Coffee • Seattle has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption; coffee companies founded or based in Seattle include Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Tully's. Researchers at Central Connecticut State University ranked Seattle the most literate city of America's sixty-nine largest cities in 2005 and 2006 and second most literate in 2007.

3. City Statistics • Current Mayor: Greg Nickels • Population (July 1, 2006) - City: 582,174 - Density: 6,901/sq mi (2,665/km²) - Urban: 3,263,497 - Metro: 3,919,624 • (In 2006, the city had an estimated population of 582,174 and an estimated metropolitan area population of approximately 4 million.) • Currency : US dollar • Language : American English

4. Why Seattle? • [WTO meeting] Seattle was the site of the 1999 meeting of the World Trade Organization, and the attendant demonstrations by anti-globalization activists. • [Location] Seattle is located between an inlet of the Pacific Ocean to the west called Puget Sound and Lake Washington to the east at the mouth of the Duwamish River, which empties into the city's chief harbor, Elliott Bay. • [Boeing] Seattle remained the corporate headquarters of Boeing until 2001, when the company announced a desire to separate its headquarters from its major production facilities. Following a bidding war among a number of major cities, Boeing moved its corporate headquarters to Chicago. • [Technology] Technology companies, including Microsoft, Amazon.com, RealNetworks, McCaw Cellular (now part of AT&T Mobility), and biomedical corporations such as HeartStream (later purchased by Philips), found homes in Seattle and its suburbs. • [Landmark] The Space Needle, dating from the Century 21 Exposition (1962), is Seattle's most recognizable landmark.

5. Did you know? • Seattle is on the North West Coast of the Pacific and maintains a large harbor. • Seattle was the 5th port in America ,and the 25th port in the world. • Seattle is a commercial city for the technology, manufacturing ability, education, and traffic. • Seattle has the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer, Boeing ,offer 100,000 opportunity for working. • Seattle is home to the world’s richest man, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. • The famous spots of Seattle are Space Needle, the center of Seattle, Seattle Aquarium, Argosy Cruises Harbor tour, Pacific Science Center, and Woodland Park Zoo, the Museum of Flight

6. History of Relationship • Kaohsiung is Seattle's 15th sister city and the first affiliation established in the 1990s decade. In 1991 Mayor Wu Den-yih visited Seattle and hosted a Seattle delegation to his city.

7. Seattle’s Sister Cities—21 cities • Kobe, Japan (1957) • Bergen, Norway (1967) • Tashkent, Uzbekistan (1973) • Be’er Sheva, Israel (1977) • Mazatlan, Mexico (1979) • Nantes, France (1980) • Christchurch, New Zealand (1981) • Mombasa, Kenya (1981) • Chongqing, China (1983) • Limbe, Cameroon (1984) • Galway, Ireland (1986) • Reykjavik, Iceland (1986) • Taejon, South Korea (1989) • Pecs, Hungary (1991) • Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1991) • Cebu, Philippines (1991) • Perugia, Italy (1991) • Surabaya, Indonesia (1992) • Gdynia, Poland (1993) • Haiphong, Vietnam (1996) • Sihanoukville, Cambodia (1999)

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9. Awards 2006 Climate Protection AwardUnited States Environmental Protection Agency 2006 "The Men from City Hall" Vanity Fair Magazine - Green Issue 2006 Edgar Wayburn Award National Sierra Club Award for Environmental LeadershipRead the City of Seattle Press Release 2006 National Conservation Achievement AwardNational Wildlife Federation 2007 Innovations in American Government AwardHarvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government Named Honorary MemberAmerican Society of Landscape Architects 2007 Inaugural Visionary AwardUrban League Contractor Development & Competitiveness Center 2007 Global Warming Globie AwardsEnvironmental Defense Fund

10. Links • City of Seattle :http://www.seattle.gov/ • Wikipedia-Seattle:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle • Seattle Data Sheethttp://www.seattle.gov/oir/factsnew.htm • Sister Cities Associationshttp://www.seattle.gov/oir/siscity.htm • Seattle Channel:http://www.seattlechannel.org/ • Washington Statehttp://www.Access.wa.gov • White Househttp://www.whitehouse.gov/