Seattle

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[[Image:Space Needle.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[Space Needle]], a Seattle icon.]]
'''Seattle''' (47.606N. -122.33W) with a population 578,700 in 2006, is the largest city in the American state of [[Washington]] and in the [[Pacific]] Northwest. It was named after [[Chief Sealth]], a Suqamish/Duwamish [[Native American]] leader. It was officially incorporated in 1889, but had been a town since 1851, when a group of pioneers from [[Illinois]] settled West Seattle, a peninsula within the current city limits to the west. The city has generally been at capacity since about 1960, since the population hasn't gone up more than 10,000 people since then. However, the population has increased into the suburbs north toward [[Everett]], south toward [[Seatac]] and [[Tacoma]] and east (across [[Lake Washington]]) to [[Mercer Island]], [[Kirkland]], [[Redmond]], [[Bellevue]] and [[Issaquah]].

==Demographics==
The makeup of the population was 67.1 percent White, 16.6 percent [[Asian]], 9.7 percent [[African American]], 2.38 percent from other races, 1.00 percent [[Native American]], 0.50 percent Pacific Islander, and 4.46 percent from two or more races. [[Hispanic]] or [[Latin America|Latino]] of any race were 6.3 percent of the population. Seattle's median household income is $45,736, where the national average is $41,994. The median age of Seattle residents is 37.9. 36.16% of Seattleites are married, 11.5 are divorced, and one third of those who are married have children. The density is 6,886 people per square mile. Seattle was also rated the most educated city in the [[United States]], with 52.7% of it's residents over age 25 holding at least a bachelor's degree. <ref>
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Many people have flocked to the Seattle area to work in what's called the "knowledge economy."<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/29/real_estate/brainiest_cities/ America's smartest cities] </ref>

==Miscellaneous==

Landmarks include the [[Space Needle]] and the [[Pike Place Market]].

In 1999 Seattle hosted the [[WTO]] at the Washington Convention Center on Pine Street, and found itself the locus of a large protest by anti-globalist activists. Very rapidly, however, anarchists took advantage of the fact that the police were overwhelmed and began destroying property and looting storefronts. The violence of the "Battle of Seattle" raged for several days.

On Ash Wednesday 2001, Seattle sustained damage in the large Nisqually Quake, which cracked the Highway 99 Viaduct and destroyed some vintage brick buildings in Pioneer Square.

Seattle is the home of the [[Discovery Institute]], an influential conservative think tank, and the [[Sasquatch]] Information Society, a group which seeks at educate the public and gather information on [[Bigfoot]].

The popular television show ''[[Frasier]]'' is set in Seattle.

A [[tram|trolley]] line using former [[railway|railroad]] track is operated by former [[Melbourne]] (Australia) trams.

==Sports==

Seattle is the home of the [[NFL]]'s [[Seattle Seahawks]], the [[NBA]]'s Seattle SuperSonics, Major League [[Baseball]]'s [[Seattle Mariners]], and the WHL hockey team Seattle Thunderbirds. The SuperSonics have recently been purchased by an Oklahoman, and there are fears that the team will soon be moved.

== References ==

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