Located at Northwest pacific region of US, Seattle is one of the beautiful cities in US. It is located at western part of Washington and approximately 96 miles south of Canada US border. Seattle is also officially known as “Emerald City.” Seattle is also famous for its coffee consumption and reputed companies like Starbucks, Seattle’s Best Coffee and Tully’s are either founded or based on Seattle.
It is popularly said that the city of Seattle lays in seven hills namely Denny Hill, Capitol Hill, Magnolia, First Hill, Queen Anne, West Seattle and Beacon Hill. The “Space Needle” is the most remarkable landmark in the city of Seattle and is easily noticeable by its needle shape. The climate of Seattle is Oceanic but due to its dry summer and wet winter its climate can also be said as Mediterranean climate. The commercial airport in the city of Seattle is Seattle Tacoma International Airport (also known as Sea Tac Airport).
This airport is the center for International, domestic and national destination flights. This airport acts as a hub for Alaska Airlines and major airplane manufacturer Boeing is based here and carries its testing in Seattle.
Public transit service is carried out by two companies here; the first is King County Metro Transit and the other is Sound Transit. King County Metro provides bus service within the city and surrounding counties. Suburbs and downtown are connected by Sounder commuter rail and Central Link light rail links between Sea Tac Airport and downtown.
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