Seattle

Seattle, Washington
Ceety
Downtown Seattle frae Queen Anne Hill
Etymology: Chief Si'ahl
Eik-name(s):  The Emerald City / The Jet City / Rain City
Motto(s):  The City of Flowers / The City of Goodwill
Location o Seattle in King Coonty an Washington
Seattle Location in the Unitit States
Coordinates: 47°36′35″N 122°19′59″W
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Washington
Coonty	King
Incorporatit	2 Dizember 2, 1869
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor–Cooncil
• Bodi	Seattle City Council
• Mayor	Ed Murray
• Deputy mayor	Hyeok Kim an Kate Joncas
Area
• Ceety	369.2 km2 (142.5 sq mi)
• Laund	217.2 km2 (83.87 sq mi)
• Water	152.0 km2 (58.67 sq mi)
• Metro	21,202 km2 (8,186 sq mi)
Highest elevation	158 m (520 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Ceety	608,660
• Estimate  (2015)	662,400
• Rank	US: 20t
• Density	3,077/km2 (7,969/sq mi)
• Urban	3,059,393 (US: 14t)
• Metro	3,733,580 (US: 15t)
• CSA	4459677 (US: 13t)
Demonym(s)	Seattleite
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	ZIP codes 98101–98119, 98121–98122, 98124–98127, 98129, 98131, 98133–98134, 98136, 98138–98139, 98141, 98144–98146, 98148, 98154–98155, 98158, 98160–98161, 98164–98166, 98168, 98170, 98174–98175, 98177–98178, 98181, 98185, 98188, 98190–98191, 98194–98195, 98198–98199
Aurie codes	206
FIPS code	53-63000
GNIS featur ID	1512650
Website	www.seattle.gov

Seattle (pronounced /siːˈætəl/ ^{(deprecatit template)} see-AT-əl) is the northrenmaist major ceety in the contiguous Unitit States, an the lairgest ceety in the Paceefic Northwast an in the state o Washington. A seaport situatit on a narrae isthmus atween Puget Sound (an airm o the Paceefic Ocean) an Lake Washington, aboot 100 mile (160 km) sooth o the Canadae – Unitit States border, it is named efter Chief Sealth "Seattle", o the Duwamish an Suquamish native tribes. Seattle is the centre o the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan statistical aurie, the 15t lairgest in the Unitit States, an the lairgest in the northwastren Unitit States. Seattle is the coonty seat o Keeng Coonty an is the major economic, cultural an educational centre in the region. The 2010 census foond that Seattle is hame tae 630,320 residents athin a metropolitan aurie o some 3.4 million indwallers. The Port o Seattle an Seattle–Tacoma Internaitional Airport are major gateways tae Asie, Alaska, an the rest o the warld.

Seattle is the wastren terminus o I-90 an resides on the I-5 corridor, aboot 170 mile (270 km) north o Portland, Oregon/Vancouver, Washington an 140 mile (230 km) sooth o Vancouver in Breetish Columbie, Canada. The ceety o Victoria, Breetish Columbie's caipital, is aboot 110 mile (180 km) tae the northwast (aboot 90 mile (140 km) bi passenger ferry) while the eastren Washington hub ceety o Spokane lies 280 mile (450 km) tae the east.