Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 17, 2005



Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located in the U.S. state of Washington between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 108 miles (180 km) south of the United States-Canadian border. Seattle was founded in the 1850s and named after Chief Seattle. As of 2004, the population estimate of the city given by the U.S. Census Bureau was 571,480, with a metropolitan population of almost 3.8 million. Its official nickname is "the Emerald City". Seattle is known as the home of grunge music, and has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption. Seattle was also the site of the 1999 meeting of the World Trade Organization and anti-globalization demonstrations.

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