Seattle
Seattle, Washington sits at one of the most beautiful spots in the United States. Occupying a narrow isthmus between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, it is the biggest city in the Pacific Northwest, with 750,000 people in Seattle and close to four million people in the metro area.Photo: Rattlhed, Public domain.
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Popular Destinations
Capitol Hill-Central District
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Capitol Hill is Seattle's most densely populated neighborhood and the heart of the city's counterculture.
Downtown Seattle
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Packed between Elliott Bay and the hilly neighborhoods to the east, Downtown Seattle unsurprisingly contains the city's bustling financial and retail district.
Pioneer Square-International District
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Pioneer Square is Seattle's oldest neighborhood, showcasing a wealth of art galleries, bookstores, antique shops, cool restaurants, and buzzing nightclubs within easy walking distance of most Downtown Seattle hotels.
Destinations
Queen Anne-South Lake Union
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Northwest of Downtown Seattle, Queen Anne is a hilly residential neighborhood with marvelous views of the city's skyline.
University District
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The University District, or "U-District", surrounds the University of Washington in northeast Seattle.
Ballard
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Ballard is a neighborhood in northwest Seattle. While mostly residential, the ship canal locks are a major tourist attraction.
West Seattle
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West Seattle is the most populous district of Seattle.
North Seattle
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North Seattle is a loosely-defined area, often including anything north of the Ship Canal that bisects the city.
South Seattle
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South Seattle occupies a broad swath of the city between I-5 to the west and Lake Washington to the east.
Sodo-Georgetown
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Seattle's Sodo used to be called "South of the Dome", referring to the now-demolished Kingdome; to keep some sense in the name, it is sometimes explained now as "South of Downtown".
Fremont
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Seattle's Fremont district, which bills itself as "The Center of the Universe", is known for its quirky atmosphere.
Notable Places in the Area
Space Needle
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The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Climate Pledge Arena
Climate Pledge Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Seattle, Washington, United States.Seattle Central Library
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The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system.
Localities in the Area
Eastlake
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Eastlake is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, so named because of its location on the eastern shore of Lake Union.
Capitol Hill
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Capitol Hill is a densely populated residential district in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Columbia City
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Columbia City is a neighborhood located in the southeastern part of Seattle, Washington in the Rainier Valley district.
Seattle
- Type: City with 737,000 residents
- Description: city in and county seat of King County, Washington, United States
- Postal codes: 98101-98109, 98111, 98112, 98114-98119, 98121, 98122, 98124-98127, 98129, 98131, 98133, 98134, 98136, 98138, 98144-98146, 98148, 98154, 98155, 98158, 98160, 98161, 98164, 98166, 98168, 98170, 98174, 98177, 98178, 98181, 98185, 98188, 98190, 98191, 98194, 98195, 98198 and 98199
- Neighbors: Bellevue, Renton, SeaTac and Shoreline
- Categories: city in the United States, county seat, big city and locality
- Location: City of Seattle, King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.6038° or 47° 36' 14" northLongitude
-122.3301° or 122° 19' 48" westPopulation
737,000Elevation
56 metres (184 feet)IATA airport code
SEAUnited Nations Location Code
US SEAOpen Location Code
84VVJM39+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 29546940OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
5809844Wikidata ID
Q5083Seattle Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Seattle
- Afrikaans: Seattle
- Akan: Seattle
- Albanian: Seattle
- Albanian: Siatëll
- Amharic: ስያትል
- Arabic: Seattle
- Arabic: سياتل
- Arabic: سياتيل، واشنطن
- Armenian: Սիեթլ
- Asturian: Seattle, WA
- Asturian: Seattle, Washington
- Asturian: Seattle
- Azerbaijani: Sietl
- Balinese: Seattle
- Bambara: Seattle
- Bashkir: Сиэтл
- Basque: Seattle
- Bavarian: Seattle
- Belarusian: Сіетл
- Belarusian: Сіэтл
- Bengali: সিয়াটল
- Bengali: সিয়াটেল
- Bosnian: Seattle
- Breton: Seattle
- Bulgarian: Сиатъл
- Burmese: ဆေအတလ်မြို့
- Catalan: Seattle
- Cebuano: Seattle
- Central Kurdish: سیاتڵ
- Chavacano: Seattle
- Chechen: Сиэтл
- Chinese: Seattle
- Chinese: 西雅图
- Chinese: 西雅圖
- Cornish: Seattle
- Corsican: Seattle
- Croatian: Seattle, Washington
- Croatian: Seattle
- Czech: Seattle
- Dagbani: Seattle
- Danish: Seattle
- Dimli (individual language): Seattle
- Dutch: Seattle
- Egyptian Arabic: سياتل
- English: Duwamps
- English: New York Alki
- English: Seattle, WA
- English: Seattle, Washington
- Esperanto: Seatlo
- Esperanto: Seattle
- Estonian: Seattle
- Faroese: Seattle
- Finnish: Seattle, Washington
- Finnish: Seattle
- French: Seattle
- Galician: Seattle
- Gan Chinese: 西雅圖
- Georgian: სიეტლი
- German: Seattle
- German: Seattle, WA
- German: Seattle, Washington
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌻
- Greek: Σιάτλ, Ουάσιγκτον
- Greek: Σιάτλ, Ουάσινγκτον
- Greek: Σιάτλ
- Gujarati: સિએટલ
- Haitian: Seattle, Washington
- Haitian: Seattle
- Hakka Chinese: Seattle
- Hausa: Seattle
- Hebrew: סיאטל
- Hindi: सिएटल
- Hindi: सीऐटल
- Hungarian: Seattle
- Icelandic: Seattle
- Ido: Seattle
- Igbo: Seattle
- Iloko: Seattle
- Inari Sami: Seattle
- Indonesian: Duwamps
- Indonesian: New York Alki
- Indonesian: Seattle
- Interlingua: Seattle
- Irish: Seattle, Washington
- Irish: Seattle
- Italian: Emerald City
- Italian: Seattle
- Japanese: シアトル
- Kabyle: Seattle
- Kalaallisut: Seattle
- Kannada: ಸಿಯಾಟಲ್
- Kazakh: Сиэтл
- Kazakh: Сиэтл қаласы
- Khmer: ស៊ីតថល
- Kikuyu: Seattle
- Korean: 시애틀
- Kurdish: Seattle
- Ladin: Seattle
- Ladino: Seattle
- Ladino: Siatli
- Lao: Seattle
- Latin: Seattlum
- Latvian: Sietla
- Lithuanian: Sietlas
- Low German: Seattle
- Luxembourgish: Seattle
- Macedonian: Сиетл
- Malagasy: Seattle
- Malay: Seattle
- Malayalam: സിയാറ്റിൽ
- Maltese: Seattle
- Maori: Heātara
- Maori: Seattle
- Marathi: सिअ ॅटल
- Marathi: सिअॅटल
- Min Dong Chinese: Seattle
- Min Nan Chinese: Seattle
- Mingrelian: სიეთლი
- Mingrelian: სიეტლი
- Mongolian: Сиэтл
- Moroccan Arabic: سياتل
- Navajo: Béésh Yótʼááh Ííʼáhí
- Northern Frisian: Seattle
- Northern Sami: Seattle
- Norwegian: Seattle
- Norwegian Bokmål: Seattle
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Seattle
- Occitan (post 1500): Seattle
- Oromo: Siyaatil
- Ossetian: Сиэтл
- Pampanga: Seattle, Washington
- Pampanga: Seattle
- Panjabi: ਸੀਐਟਲ
- Papiamento: Seattle
- Persian: سیاتل
- Picard: Seattle
- Piemontese: Seattle
- Polish: Seattle
- Portuguese: Seattle
- Portuguese: Seattle, Washington
- Pushto: سیاتل
- Quechua: Seattle
- Romanian: Seattle
- Russian: Сиетл
- Russian: Сиэтл
- Sardinian: Seattle
- Scots: Seattle
- Scottish Gaelic: Seattle, Washington
- Scottish Gaelic: Seattle
- Serbian: Сијетл
- Serbo-Croatian: Seattle
- Sicilian: Seattle
- Silesian: Seattle
- Sinhala: සියැටල්
- Skolt Sami: Seattle
- Slovak: Seattle
- Slovenian: Seattle, Washington
- Slovenian: Seattle
- Somali: Seattle
- South Azerbaijani: سیاتل
- Spanish: Seattle
- Spanish: Seattle (Washington)
- Sranan Tongo: Seattle
- Swahili: Seattle
- Swedish: Seattle, WA
- Swedish: Seattle, Washington
- Swedish: Seattle
- Tagalog: Seattle
- Tajik: Сиэтл
- Tamil: சியாட்டில்
- Tamil: ஸீயாடல்
- Tatar: Сиэтл
- Tatar: Сиәтл
- Telugu: సియాటెల్
- Thai: ซีแอตเทิล
- Tornedalen Finnish: Seattle, Washington
- Tornedalen Finnish: Seattle
- Turkish: Seattle, Washington
- Turkish: Seattle
- Turkmen: Sietl
- Twi: Seattle
- Udmurt: Сиэтл
- Uighur: Séatl
- Ukrainian: Сіетл
- Ukrainian: Сієтл
- Urdu: سیئٹل
- Urdu: سیاٹل
- Uzbek: Seattle
- Uzbek: Sietl
- Venetian: Seattle
- Veps: Sietl
- Vietnamese: Seattle
- Vlax Romani: Seattle
- Volapük: Seattle
- Waray (Philippines): Seattle
- Welsh: Seattle
- Western Armenian: Սիէթըլ
- Western Frisian: Seattle
- Western Mari: Сиэтл
- Western Panjabi: سیاٹل
- Wu Chinese: 西雅图
- Yakut: Сиэтл
- Yiddish: סיאטל
- Yoruba: Seattle
- Yue Chinese: 西雅圖
Popular Destinations in King County
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Seattle. Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.