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Seattle (English pronunciation: /siːˈæɾ(ə)l/, US dict: sē·ăt′·əl) is the largest city in Washington State and in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and the county seat of King County. It lies in western Washington on the isthmus between Puget Sound (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about 100 miles (160 km) south of the Canada – United States border. As of April 1, 2009, the city had an estimated municipal population of 602,000 (THIS IS CITED FROM http://www.ofm.wa.gov/pop/april1/rank2009.pdf]] (25th largest in the U.S.), and the encompassing Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan statistical area had an estimated population of 3,344,813 (15th largest in the U.S.).

it is Named after Chief Seattle, of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. The major economic, cultural and educational center in the region, Seattle is the . , making it the twenty-fifth most populous city in the U.S. and a metropolitan area population of 3,344,813.