Seattle is a coastal seaport
city and the seat of King County, in the U.S. state of Washington. With an
estimated 634,535 residents as of 2012, Seattle is the largest city in the
Pacific Northwest region of North America and one of the fastest-growing cities
in the United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of around 4 million
inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the nation. The city is
situated on a narrow isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific
Ocean) and Lake Washington, about 100 miles (160 km) south of the
Canada–United
