Seattle

Seattle
Seattle
	City
	City of Seattle
	Seattle during the day
	Nickname(s): The Emerald City
	Motto(s): The City of Flowers, The City of Goodwill
	Coordinates: Coordinates: 47°36′35″N 122°19′59″W / 47.60972°N 122.33306°W
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	King County
Incorporated	December 2, 1869
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Mayor	Jenny Durkan
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 (July 1, 2019)
• City	753,675
• Density	7,962/sq mi (2,665/km2)
• Metro	3,263,497
Demonym(s)	Seattleite
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)	206

The Space Needle

Seattle is the largest city in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the home of the Space Needle and a monorail, both of which were built for the 1962 World's Fair. It is also the American headquarters of Starbucks coffee, Amazon.com and Nordstrom. In the 1960s and 1990s, music artists like Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and others from the city became popular. It is also the setting of the TV shows Here Come the Brides, Frasier, and Grey's Anatomy.

Seattle has many sports teams, including the Seattle Mariners (baseball), the Seattle Seahawks (American football), the Sounders FC (soccer), and the Seattle Storm (women's basketball). Seattle has a lot of water around it, with Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean to the west and Lake Washington to the east. About 750,000 people live in the city. More than 4,000,000 (4 million) people live in the city or near it.

Seattle is home to many colleges and universities. The most notable of these are, University of Washington, and Seattle University.