Seattle

city in and county seat of King County, State of Washington, United States
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Seattle was founded on November 13, 1851.[1].

Seattle

Summary

Seattle is a city in the United States[1]. Seattle ranks in the top 0.032% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60,969 views/month, #3 of 9,394).[2]

Key Facts

  • Seattle is located in King County[3].
  • Seattle is in the country of United States[4].
  • Seattle is on the body of water Lake Union[5].
  • Seattle is on the body of water Elliott Bay[6].
  • Seattle is on the body of water Green Lake[7].
  • Seattle is on the body of water Lake Washington[8].
  • Seattle is on the body of water Puget Sound[9].
  • Seattle's head of government is recorded as Bruce Harrell[10].
  • Seattle's head of government is recorded as Katie Wilson[11].
  • Seattle's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[12].
  • Seattle's instance of is recorded as county seat[13].
  • Seattle's instance of is recorded as big city[14].
  • Seattle's shares border with is recorded as Shoreline[15].
  • Seattle's shares border with is recorded as SeaTac[16].
  • Seattle's shares border with is recorded as Bellevue[17].
  • Seattle's shares border with is recorded as Lake Forest Park[18].
  • Seattle's shares border with is recorded as Renton[19].
  • Chief Seattle is named after Seattle[20].
  • Seattle's flag is recorded as flag of Seattle[21].
  • Seattle's twinned administrative body is recorded as Beersheba[22].
  • Seattle's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bergen[23].
  • Seattle's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cebu City[24].
  • Seattle's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chongqing[25].
  • Seattle's twinned administrative body is recorded as Christchurch[26].
  • Seattle's twinned administrative body is recorded as Daejeon[27].

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Seattle include Seattle–Tacoma International Airport[28], an international airport[29], in United States[30]; Seattle metropolitan area[31], a metropolitan statistical area[32], in United States[33]; and Seattle Pacific University[34], a private university[35], in United States[36], founded in 1891[37].

Why It Matters

Seattle ranks in the top 0.032% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60,969 views/month, #3 of 9,394).[2] Seattle has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Seattle is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for Seattle include Seattle–Tacoma International Airport[28], an international airport[29], in United States[30]; Seattle metropolitan area[31], a metropolitan statistical area[32], in United States[33]; and Seattle Pacific University[34], a private university[35], in United States[36], founded in 1891[37].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . seattle.gov. Retrieved . seattle.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [11] . seattle.gov. Retrieved . seattle.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] . wikidata.org.
  11. [19] . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . wikidata.org.
  13. [20] . HistoryLink.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [21] . wikidata.org.
  15. [22] . seattle.gov. seattle.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [23] . seattle.gov. seattle.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [24] . seattle.gov. seattle.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [25] . seattle.gov. seattle.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [26] . seattle.gov. seattle.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [27] . seattle.gov. seattle.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [5] . wikidata.org.
  22. [6] . wikidata.org.
  23. [7] . wikidata.org.
  24. [8] . Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [9] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag ['seattle', 'seattle-wash']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: seattle, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289962561|seattle (#289962561)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921 +2
    Local thumb
    Head of government Ed Murray, Greg Nickels, Robert Moran +11
    Instance of city in the United States, county seat, big city
    + 52 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 191536, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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