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City of Seattle
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Nickname: The Emerald City
Location of Seattle in King County and Washington
Coordinates: 47°36′N, 122°19′W
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	King County
Incorporated	December 2 1869
Government
- Type	Mayor-council
- Mayor	Greg Nickels (NP)
Area
- City	142.5 sq mi (369.2 km²)
- Land	83.87 sq mi (217.2 km²)
- Water	58.67 sq mi (152.0 km²)
- Metro	8,186 sq mi (21,202 km²)
Elevation	0–520 ft (0–158 m)
Population (April 1, 2006)
- City	578,700
- Density	6,901/sq mi (2,665/km²)
- Metro	3,263,497
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
Website: www.seattle.gov

Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located in the U.S. state of Washington between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 96 miles (155 km) south of the United States–Canadian border in King County, of which it is the county seat.

Seattle was first settled November 14, 1851, by Arthur A. Denny and his crew, which would subsequently become known as the Denny party. Its first name was New York, then Duwamps, then finally it was renamed Seattle after Chief Noah Sealth who was chief of the two tribes living in the area ("Seattle" is an anglicized rendition of his last name). As of 2006, the city had an estimated population of 580,000 and a metropolitan population of approximately 4 million. Seattle is the hub for the Greater Puget Sound region. Its official nickname is the Emerald City, the result of a contest by a civic-minded association in the early 1980s to designate a pleasant nickname for the city; the name alludes to the lush evergreen trees in the surrounding area. It is also referred to informally as the Gateway to Alaska, Queen City, and Jet City, due to the local influence of Boeing. (Seattle-area band Queensryche also wrote a song called "Jet City Woman".) Seattle residents are known as Seattleites.

Seattle is often regarded as the birthplace of grunge music, and has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption; coffee companies founded in Seattle include Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Tully's. There are also many successful independent artisanal espresso roasters and cafes. Seattle was the site of the 1999 meeting of the World Trade Organization, and the attendant demonstrations by anti-globalization activists. Researchers at Central Connecticut State University ranked Seattle the most literate city in America in 2005. Moreover, a United States Census Bureau survey showed that Seattle has the highest percentage of college graduates of any major U.S. city. Based on per capita income, Seattle ranks 36th of 522 studied areas in the state of Washington.