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Major port and manufacturing center; educational center

Seattle is a city in King County.

It is the county seat.

The community was named after an Indian chief.
[NOTE: This is not the only community in Washington named Seattle. For links to other places called Seattle, WA, see the Duplicate Names box at right.]

The latitude of Seattle is 47.606N. The longitude is -122.33W.

It is in the Pacific Standard time zone. Elevation is 184 feet.

The estimated population, in 2003, was 569,101.

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Median household income

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$45,736

National

$41,994

Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census Bureau

For more census details and comparisons, see our Seattle demographic reports

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Seattle is on the east shore of Puget Sound.

Former and merged names include:
· Duwamps

Settled in 1851 by five families from Illinois. With the growing community suffering a shortage of women, the university president headed east and brought back potential wives for the settlers.

Site of the Century 21 Exposition in 1962.

Public transportation: Metro, Seattle Center Monorail, Sounder Commuter Rail (See the transit and travel sections below.)

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 3,946. The number of murders and homicides was 34. The violent crime rate was 6.8 per 1,000 people.

Ranked No. 5 among big cities in the ePodunk College Town Index, 2002

Ranked No. 3 among best U.S. walking cities by the American Podiatric Medical Association, March 2005

Filming location for:
· 1993 movie, "Sleepless in Seattle"
· 1989 movie, "The Fabulous Baker Boys"

Setting for TV show, "Frasier"

Well-known residents have included:
· Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft
· Jimi Hendrix, musician
· Kurt Cobain, musician
· Apolo Anton Ohno, Olympic medallist

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Local bands (past and present) have included Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Mudhoney, Ventures

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Coffee: National and regional coffee companies with outlets here include Peet's Coffee & Tea, Seattle's Best Coffee, Starbucks, Torrefazione Italia

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Local festivals include:

Maritime Festival - May 10-12, 2007
Bumbershoot (Seattle Arts Festival) - Sept. 1-3, 2007
Northwest Folklife Festival - May 25-28, 2007
Seafair - July 7-8, 15, 28, Aug. 1-5, 2007
Umoja Fest - Aug. 3-5, 2007
Festival of India - Sept. 1-2, 2007
Italian Festival - Sept. 29-30, 2007
Northgate Festival - Aug. 11-12, 2007
Moisture Festival - March 15-April 1, 2007
Pasefika Festival - Aug. 18, 2007
Central Area Community Festival - Aug. 18-19, 2007
BrazilFest - Aug. 19, 2007
Tibet Fest - Aug. 25-26, 2007
Earshot Jazz Festival - Oct. 19-Nov. 4, 2007
TurkFest - Oct. 20-21, 2007

Dates often change. Check Seattle web sites and events links in the sections below.

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Performing arts: ACT Theater, Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Opera, Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Symphony

Nearby parks & recreation: Blake Island State Park, Fay-Bainbridge State Park

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Seattle attractions: Experience Music Project, Woodland Park Zoo, Washington Park Arboretum

Sports teams: Mariners (AL), Seahawks (NFL), Supersonics (NBA), Storm (WNBA), Sounders (USL soccer)

Historic sites and museums: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Museum of History & Industry, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Experience Music, Nordic Heritage Museum, Olympic Sculpture Park

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Colleges and universities: University of Washington, Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, Antioch University -- Seattle Campus, Cornish College of the Arts

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Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was above the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 341

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Quotes:
It was good to be in Seattle -- to hear the foghorns on the Sound, and the deep bellow of the departing steamers; to feel the creeping fog all around you, the fog that softens things and makes a velvet trance out of nighttime.
-- Home Country
Ernie Pyle

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Neighborhoods in Seattle include Ballard, Beacon Hill, Belltown, Blue Ridge, Broadview, Capitol Hill, Central Area, Columbia City, Downtown, Eastlake ... More neighborhood info

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