Seattle

1.   SEATTLE

SEATTLE
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2. Population

Seattle's
population is
700 352
thousand
people and
ranks 15th in
the United
States
Population

3. The History

• The first European to
visit the Seattle area was
George Vancouver, in
May 1792
The History
• The city was founded in
1855, and is named
Seattle, in honor of the
settlement leader, who
lived in these places

4. Geography:

• Seattle is located in the state of
Washington in the northwest corner
of the United States. The city is
situated on an isthmus between
Puget Sound and Lake Washington.
• area of 83.9 square miles
• The topography of Seattle is hilly.

5. Famous places

• The Space Needle is an observation
tower in Seattle, Washington, a landmark
of the Pacific Northwest, and an icon of
Seattle. It was built in the Seattle Center
for the 1962 World's Fair, which drew
over 2.3 million visitors, when nearly
20,000 people a day used its elevators.
• Pike Place Market is a public market
overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in
Seattle, Washington, United States. The
Market opened August 17, 1907, and is
one of the oldest continuously operated
public farmers' markets in the United
States.
Famous places

6.

The largest Dota
2 tournament is
held in Seattle
every year. The
International is a
tournament with
a prize of
20,000,000
million dollars.

7. What is famous for Seattle ?

• Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the founders of
Microsoft, were born in Seattle.
• Despite the fact that the headquarters of
Boeing is located in Chicago, the aerospace
giant is based in Seattle.
• Seattle is full of various coffee shops, and in
1971 the world's first Starbucks opened
here.

8. interesting facts about seattle

• In 1926, Seattle became the first
major American city to elect a
female mayor, Bertha Knight
Landes. It has also elected an
openly gay mayor, Ed Murray
• The largest Lenin monument in
the country is installed in Seattle
Seattle is a city built on top of
another city. After the great fire of
1889, the townspeople raised the
level of the streets and began new
construction. To visit the old
streets, just go to the underground
museum Underground tour.
interesting facts about seattle

9. List of Sources :

• https://ru.wikipedia.org
• https://www.google.kz