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[[File:Seattle City Hall 003.jpg|thumb|Seattle City Hall]]

[[Seattle]] is a [[charter city]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] with a [[Mayor–council government|mayor–council form of government]]. The [[Mayor of Seattle]] is head of the executive branch of city government, and the [[Seattle City Council]], led by a Council President, is the legislative branch.

The [[mayor of Seattle]] and two of the nine members of the [[Seattle City Council]] are elected at large, rather than by geographic subdivisions. The remaining seven council positions are elected based on the city's seven council districts. The only other elected offices are the [[Seattle City Attorney|city attorney]] and [[Seattle District Court|Municipal Court]] judges. All offices are [[non-partisan]]. Seattle is a predominantly [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] city and tends to elect [[Left-wing politics|left-leaning]] politicians to office. [[Bruce Harrell]] was elected as [[Mayor of Seattle]] in a [[2021 Seattle mayoral election|municipal election]] on November 2, 2021, becoming the second Black mayor after Norm Rice, and first-ever of Asian descent.<ref>{{cite news |last=News Staff |first=Kiro 7 |date=January 1, 2022 |title=Bruce Harrell becomes mayor of Seattle New Year's Day |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/bruce-harrell-becomes-mayor-seattle-new-years-day/Y7HXYDAW5NDN5JQSO7UVYOUVP4/?outputType=amp |work=Kiro 7 News |access-date=January 1, 2022}}</ref>

== Government ==
The city government [[Utilities of Seattle|provides more utilities]] than many cities; either running the whole operation, such as the water and electricity services, or handling the billing and administration, but contracting out the rest of the operations, like trash and recycling collections.

=== Organization ===
The government of the city of Seattle includes the following officers:

* [[Mayor of Seattle|Mayor]]
* [[Seattle City Council|Members of the Council]]
* [[Seattle City Council|President of the Council]]
* [[Seattle City Attorney|City Attorney]]
* [[Seattle Municipal Court|Municipal Judges]]
* [[Seattle Police Department|Chief of Police]]
* City Auditor
* City Clerk
* [[Seattle Fire Department|Fire Chief]]
* City Librarian
* The members of the boards or commissions of the departments and the chief administrative officer of each department and office
* The civil service
* other officers prescribed by ordinance.

== Politics ==
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential Elections Results<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/elections/past-elections.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221000500/http://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/elections/past-elections.aspx |archive-date=2015-12-21 |title=Past elections - King County}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in Washington (state)|2024]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|8.95% ''37,281''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''87.00%''' ''362,545''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.05% ''16,881''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Washington (state), 2020|2020]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|9.11% ''39,834''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''88.45%''' ''386,570''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.43% ''10,625''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Washington (state), 2016|2016]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|8.44% ''32,362''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''84.22%''' ''323,126''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.34% ''28,162''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Washington (state), 2012|2012]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|13.74% ''48,164''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''83.01%''' ''290,963''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.25% ''11,385''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Washington (state), 2008|2008]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|13.81% ''45,761''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''84.32%''' ''279,441''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.87% ''6,207''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Washington (state), 2004|2004]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|17.87% ''57,034''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''80.50%''' ''256,974''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.63% ''5,195''
|-
|}
Seattle's politics lean famously to the [[Left-wing politics|left]] compared to the U.S. as a whole. In this regard, it sits with a small set of similar U.S. cities (such as [[Madison, Wisconsin]], [[Berkeley, California]], and [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] and [[Boston]] in [[Massachusetts]]) where the dominant politics tend to range from center-left to [[Social democracy|social democratic]]. Seattle politics are generally dominated by the [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] wing (in the [[Modern liberalism in the United States|U.S. sense of the word "liberal"]]) of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]; in some local elections, [[Green Party (United States)|Greens]] (and even, on at least one occasion, a member of the [[Freedom Socialist Party]]) have fared better than [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]]. There exist pockets of [[Conservatism in the United States|conservatism]], especially in the north and in affluent neighborhoods such as [[Broadmoor, Seattle, Washington|Broadmoor]], as well as scattered [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarians]], but for the most part Seattle is primarily a Democratic city on all political levels; the city has not voted for a Republican presidential nominee since 1972. While local elections are officially nonpartisan, most of the city's elected officials are known to be Democrats.

In 2015, Seattle voters approved the nation's first Democracy Vouchers Program,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seattle.gov/democracyvoucher |title = Democracy Voucher Program - DemocracyVoucher {{!}} seattle.gov}}</ref> in which every city resident receives 4 $25 vouchers to donate to local candidates. The program has diversified the donor pool, allowed more candidates to run for office, and boosted political engagement among voucher users.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://democracypolicy.network/the-agenda/policy_kit/democracy-vouchers |title = Democracy Policy Network}}</ref>

Democratic dominance is no less pronounced at the state and federal level. The Democrats hold majorities in both houses of the [[Washington State Legislature]] covering a significant portion of the city. At the federal level, for years Seattle was entirely within {{ushr|WA|7}}, the most Democratic white-majority district in the nation. [[Jim McDermott]], who held the district from 1989 to 2017, consistently won reelection with margins of well over 70 percent of the vote. He was succeeded by another progressive Democrat, [[Pramila Jayapal]]. After the 2010 census, part of southeast Seattle was drawn into the [[Washington's 9th congressional district|9th District]], represented by Democrat [[Adam Smith (Washington politician)|Adam Smith]].

=== Crime and criminal justice ===
[[File:Seattle crime, population and crime rate 1984-2016.png|thumb|upright=1.2|Line graph of reported crime in Seattle from 1985 through 2016. Population shown in green, total reported crimes in blue, and rate of reported crimes per 1,000 people in orange.<ref>1985-2007:
* {{Citation |url= https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/Local/RunCrimeJurisbyJuris.cfm |title= Crime - Local Level; Single Agency Reported Crime |website= UCRDATATOOL.gov |publisher= U.S. Department of Justice |date= January 26, 2017 |access-date= February 23, 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2008-2016:
* {{Citation |url= https://www.seattle.gov/police/information-and-data/crime-dashboard |title= Crime Dashboard |publisher= Seattle Police Department |date= February 2017 |access-date= February 23, 2017 }}</ref><ref>Seattle Police Department (SPD). 2012. Major Crimes a 25 Year Review.</ref> ]]
As with most U.S. cities, the county judicial system handles felony crimes — the Seattle Municipal Court deals with parking tickets, traffic infractions, and misdemeanors. Seattle does not have its own jail, contracting out inmates it convicts to either the King County Jail (which is located downtown), the [[Yakima County, Washington|Yakima County]] Jail, or (for short-term holdings) the Renton City Jail.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.seattle.gov/courts/jail/visitation.htm | title=Jail Locations and Visitations | publisher=City of Seattle | author=Municipal Court of Seattle | access-date=2007-10-04}}</ref>
After reaching its highest murder rate in 1994 with 69 homicides, Seattle's murder rate declined to a 40-year low with 24 homicides in 2004.<ref name=crime_rate>{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003253262_crime11.html |title=Homicides, gun violence up nationwide last year |newspaper=The Seattle Times |author=Walter F. Roche Jr |date=2006-09-11 |access-date=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104011201/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003253262_crime11.html |archive-date=2007-11-04 }}</ref> By 2006, Seattle's murder rate had increased, with thirty murders that year.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.seattle.gov/news/detail.asp?ID=7002&dept=40 | title=Major crimes down in Seattle in 2006 | publisher=City of Seattle | author=Office of the Mayor | date=2007-02-07 | access-date=2007-10-01 | archive-date=2007-04-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427182430/http://www.seattle.gov/news/detail.asp?ID=7002&dept=40 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Auto theft is another matter: Seattle has until recently ranked in the top ten "hot spots" for auto theft; the [[Seattle Police Department]] has responded by nearly doubling the number of auto theft detail detectives, and started a "bait car" program in 2004.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=cars24m&date=20041124&query=%22bait+car%22+Seattle+auto+theft | title=Area car-theft ranking falls | author=Jessica Blanchard | newspaper=The Seattle Times | date=2004-11-24 | access-date=2007-09-28 | archive-date=2007-11-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104005034/http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=cars24m&date=20041124&query=%22bait+car%22+Seattle+auto+theft | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Seattle has suffered two mass-murders in recent history: the 1983 [[Wah Mee massacre]] (13 people killed in the Wah Mee gambling club)<ref>{{cite news | author= Tracy Johnson | url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/68438_mak30.shtml | title= Mak spared death for Wah Mee killings |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=2002-04-30 | access-date=2007-10-04}}</ref> and the March 25, 2006 [[Capitol Hill massacre]] when 28-year-old Kyle Aaron Huff killed six at a [[rave]] afterparty.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002890303_massacres26m.html | title=Capitol Hill rampage worst since Wah Mee Massacre |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=2006-03-26 | access-date=2007-10-01}}</ref> Later in 2006, [[Seattle Jewish Federation shooting|an attempted spree killing]] by Naveed Afzal Haq left one dead at the [[Jewish Federation]] building.<ref>{{cite news|url =https://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/28/seattle.shooting/index.html |publisher= CNN|title = One dead in hate-crime shooting at Jewish center | date = 2006-07-29 |access-date = 2007-10-01}}</ref>

=== Official nickname, flower, slogan, and song ===
In 1981, Seattle held a contest to come up with a new official nickname to replace "the Queen City." "Queen City" had been devised by real estate promoters and used since 1869,<ref>
{{cite web| url=https://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=181 | title= Seattle receives epithet Queen City in 1869 | publisher=HistoryLink | author=Greg Lange |date=1998-11-04 | access-date=2007-10-26}}</ref> but was also the nickname of: [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]];<ref>{{cite web| url=http://library.cincymuseum.org/cinfaq7menu.htm#queencity| title=How did Cincinnati come to be known as the Queen City?| work=Cincinnati Frequently Asked Questions| publisher=Cincinnati Historical Society Library| access-date=2007-10-27| archive-date=2013-11-01| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101211551/http://library.cincymuseum.org/cinfaq7menu.htm#queencity| url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Denver]];<ref>{{cite book | author=Lyle W. Dorsett |author2=Michael McCarthy | title=The Queen City: A History of Denver | publisher=Pruett | year=1986 | isbn=0-87108-704-9 }}</ref> [[Regina, Saskatchewan]];<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.regina.ca/schoolprojects/lets_learn.shtml#named| title=The town is named| work=Let's Learn About Regina | publisher= City of Regina | access-date=2007-10-27 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013040542/http://www.regina.ca/schoolprojects/lets_learn.shtml#named |archive-date = 2007-10-13}}</ref> [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]];<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/Home/Leadership/City_Departments/Office_of_Strategic_Planning/HealthyInfrastructure| title=Healthy Infrastructure for Queen City Livability| publisher= City of Buffalo | access-date=2007-10-27 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070813005214/http://www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/Home/Leadership/City_Departments/Office_of_Strategic_Planning/HealthyInfrastructure |archive-date = 2007-08-13}}</ref> [[Bangor, Maine]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangormaine.gov/bd_mdi_waterfront.php |title=Business Development: Major Development Initiatives: Waterfront Redevelopment |publisher=City of Bangor |access-date=2007-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222121706/http://www.bangormaine.gov/bd_mdi_waterfront.php |archive-date=2008-02-22 }}</ref> [[Helena, Montana]];<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.queencitynews.com/| title=Home Page | publisher= Queen City News | access-date=2007-10-27}} ''Queen City News'' is a Helena, Montana newspaper.</ref> [[Burlington, Vermont]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.police.ci.burlington.vt.us/| title=Welcome to Burlington, Vermont| publisher=City of Burlington Police| access-date=2007-10-27| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111031928/http://www.police.ci.burlington.vt.us/| archive-date=2007-11-11| url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]],<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.charlottenorthcarolina.com/| title= Welcome to Charlotte, North Carolina | publisher= City of Charlotte, North Carolina | access-date=2007-10-27}}</ref> and [[Queen City (disambiguation)|several other cities]]. The winner of this contest, selected in 1982, was "the Emerald City". Submitted by Californian Sarah Sterling-Franklin, it referred to the lush, thickly forested surroundings of Seattle that were the result of frequent rain.<ref name="emeraldcitynickname">{{cite web | url=http://www.seattlest.com/archives/2005/10/27/were_not_in_washington_anymore.php | title=We're not in Washington Anymore | publisher=Seattlest | date=2005-10-27 | access-date=2007-09-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503181500/http://seattlest.com/2005/10/27/were_not_in_washington_anymore.php | archive-date=2012-05-03 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Seattle has also been known in the past as "the Jet City"—though this nickname, related to Boeing, was entirely unofficial.<ref name="emeraldcitynickname"/> It has also been known as the "Portal to the Pacific", a phrase inscribed on the arches of the tunnel leading westward into the city from the Interstate 90 floating bridge over Lake Washington.

Seattle's official [[flower]] has been the [[dahlia]] since 1913. Its official song has been "Seattle the Peerless City" since 1909. In 1942, its official slogan was "The City of Flowers"; 48 years later, in 1990, it was "The City of Goodwill", for the Goodwill Games held that year in Seattle.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.seattle.gov/CityArchives/Facts/symbols.htm | title=Seattle City Symbols | publisher=City of Seattle | access-date=2007-09-29}}</ref> On October 20, 2006, the Space Needle was adorned with the new slogan "[[Metronatural]]." The slogan is a result of a 16-month, $200,000 effort by the Seattle Convention and Visitor's Bureau.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2006/10/21/503774.html | title=Seattle Unveils Slogan: 'Metronatural' | publisher=Comcast News | author=Gene Johnson | date=2006-10-21 | access-date=2007-09-27}}</ref> The official bird of Seattle is the [[great blue heron]], named by the City Council in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofseattle.net/council/newsdetail.asp?ID=3311&Dept=28 |title=Seattle Names Great Blue Heron "Official Bird" |publisher=City of Seattle |author=Seattle City Council |date=2003-03-17 |access-date=2007-09-29 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103000633/http://www.cityofseattle.net/council/newsdetail.asp?ID=3311&Dept=28 |archive-date=2007-11-03 }}</ref>

=== Seattle mayors of note ===
{{main|List of mayors of Seattle}}
* [[Bertha Knight Landes]], mayor from 1926 to 1928. She was the first woman mayor of a major American city.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5343 | title=Landes, Bertha Knight (1868-1943) | publisher=HistoryLink | author=Mildred Andrews | date=2003-03-02 | access-date=2007-10-03}}</ref>
* [[Bailey Gatzert]] was mayor from 1875 to 1876. He was the first [[Jewish]] mayor of Seattle, and narrowly missed being the first Jewish mayor of a major American city ([[Moses Bloom]] became mayor of [[Iowa City, Iowa]] in 1873). He has been the only Jewish mayor of Seattle to date.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=95 | title=Jewish mayor of Seattle Bailey Gatzert is elected on August 2, 1875. | newspaper=The Seattle Times | date=1998-10-30 | author=Lee Micklin | access-date=2007-09-28}}</ref>
* [[Arthur B. Langlie]], 1938–1941, three term [[List of Governors of Washington|Governor of Washington]] (1941–45, 1949–57), the only Seattle mayor to become governor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5634 | title=Langlie, Arthur B. (1900-1966) | publisher=HistoryLink | date=2004-01-11 | author=Kit Oldham | access-date=2007-10-04}}</ref>
* [[Robert Moran (shipbuilder)|Robert Moran]] mayor from 1888 to 1909, was instrumental in the rebuilding after the 1889 fire that destroyed much of Downtown. A successful shipbuilder, most famous for the [[USS Nebraska (BB-14)|Battleship Nebraska]] built in Seattle between 1902 and 1907, Moran eventually donated what became [[Moran State Park]], over 5000 acres (20 km<sup>2</sup>), including [[Mount Constitution|Mt. Constitution]] on [[Orcas Island]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=2789 | title=Voters re-elect businessman Robert Moran as mayor of the City of Seattle on July 8, 1889. | publisher=HistoryLink | date=2004-09-23 | author=Cassandra Tate | access-date=2007-10-03}}</ref>

=== Sister cities ===
[[Seattle, Washington]], has 21 [[Sister city|sister cities]] through [[Sister Cities International]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sister-cities.org/interactive-map/Seattle,%20WA |title=Interactive City Directory: Seattle, WA |publisher=Sister Cities International |access-date=August 28, 2012}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! City
! Region
! Country
! Year
|-
| {{flag|Kobe}}
| {{flag|Hyōgo Prefecture}}
| {{flagu|Japan}}
| 1957<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Kobe.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Kobe, Japan |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923201602/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/KOBE.HTM |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Bergen}}
| Vestland
| {{flagu|Norway}}
| 1967<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Bergen.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Bergen, Norway |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923201535/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Bergen.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Tashkent]]
| [[Tashkent Region]]
| {{flagu|Uzbekistan}}
| 1973<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Tashkent.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Tashkent, Uzbekistan |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923201541/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/TASHKENT.HTM |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Kesting |first=Piney |title=The Unlikely Sisterhood of Seattle and Tashkent |journal=[[Saudi Aramco World|Aramco World]] |publisher=Aramco Services Company |volume=67 |number=1 |date=January–February 2016 |pages=10–23 |oclc=895830331 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Beersheba]]
| [[Southern District (Israel)|Southern District]]
| {{flagu|Israel}}
| 1977<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Beershev.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Beer Sheva, Israel |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529024654/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/BEERSHEV.HTM |archive-date=May 29, 2007 }}</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon image|Bandera de mazatlan.JPG}} [[Mazatlán]]
| {{flag|Sinaloa}}
| {{flagu|Mexico}}
| 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Mazatlan.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Mazatlán, Méjico |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923205446/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Mazatlan.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Nantes}}
| {{flag|Pays de la Loire}}
| {{flagu|France}}
| 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Nantes.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Nantes, France |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923205557/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Nantes.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Christchurch]]
| [[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury]]
| {{flagu|New Zealand}}
| 1981<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.seattle-christchurch.org/ | title=Seattle-Christchurch Sister City Association | publisher=Seattle-Christchurch Sister City Association | access-date=November 26, 2007}}</ref>
|-
| [[Mombasa]]
| [[Coast Province]]
| {{flagu|Kenya}}
| 1981<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Mombasa.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Mombasa, Kenya |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923205549/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Mombasa.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Chongqing]]
| ''none; [[Direct-controlled municipality|directly administered]]''
| {{flagu|People's Republic of China}}
| 1983<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.scsca.org/ | title=Seattle-Chongqing Sister City Association | publisher=Seattle-Chongqing Sister City Association | access-date=November 26, 2007}}</ref>
|-
| [[Limbe, Cameroon|Limbe]]
| [[Southwest Region (Cameroon)|Southwest Region]]
| {{flagu|Cameroon}}
| 1984<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Limbe.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Limbe, Cameroon |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923205235/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Limbe.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Galway]]
| [[County Galway]]
| {{flagu|Ireland}}
| 1986<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.seattlegalway.org/ | title=Seattle Galway Sister City Association | publisher=Irish Heritage Club of Seattle | access-date=November 26, 2007}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Reykjavik, Iceland.svg}} [[Reykjavík]]
| N/A<ref>The [[regions of Iceland]] do not serve an administrative function.</ref>
| {{flagu|Iceland}}
| 1986<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Reykjavi.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Reykjavík, Iceland |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923205532/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Reykjavi.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Daejeon.svg}} [[Daejeon]]
| ''none; [[Direct-controlled municipality|directly administered]]''
| {{flagu|South Korea}}
| 1989<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Taejon.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Taejon, Korea |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923205347/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Taejon.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Cebu City]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Cebu (province).svg}} [[Cebu]]
|{{flagu|Philippines}}
| 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Cebu.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Cebu, Philippines |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923205158/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Cebu.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Kaohsiung}}
| ''none; [[Direct-controlled municipality|directly administered]]''
|{{flagdeco|ROC}} Taiwan
| 1991<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.seattle.gov/oir/sistercities/kaohsiung.htm | title=Seattle International Sister City: Kaohsiung, Taiwan | publisher=City of Seattle | access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Pécs}}
| {{flag|Baranya}}
|{{flagu|Hungary}}
| 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Pecs.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Pécs, Hungary |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923205339/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Pecs.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Perugia]]
|{{flag|Umbria}}
|{{flagu|Italy}}
| 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Perugia.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Perugia, Italy |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923205619/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Perugia.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Surabaya]]
|{{flag|East Java}}
|{{flagu|Indonesia}}
| 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Surabaya.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Surabaya, Indonesia |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923205538/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Surabaya.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Gdynia}}
|{{flag|Pomeranian Voivodeship}}
|{{flagu|Poland}}
| 1993<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Gdynia.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Gdynia, Poland |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224252/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/Gdynia.htm |archive-date=September 26, 2007 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Sihanoukville (city)|Sihanoukville]]
|[[Sihanoukville Province]]
|{{flagu|Cambodia}}
| 1993<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seasih.org/AboutUS.html |title=About Us |publisher=The Seattle-Sihanoukville Sister City Association |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010175707/http://www.seasih.org/AboutUS.html |archive-date=October 10, 2008 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Haiphong]]
| ''none; [[Direct-controlled municipality|directly administered]]''
|{{flagu|Vietnam}}
| 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/haiphong.htm |title=Seattle International Sister City: Haiphong, Vietnam |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923205607/http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/oir/haiphong.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2006 }}</ref>
|}
{{clear}}

===Sister ports===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Port
! Region
! Country
! Year
|-
| [[Port of Kobe]]
| {{flag|Hyōgo Prefecture}}
| {{flagu|Japan}}
| 1957
|-
| Port of Kesennuma
| {{flag|Miyagi Prefecture}}
| {{flagu|Japan}}
| 1990
|-
| [[Port of Rotterdam]]
| {{flag|South Holland}}
| {{flagu|Netherlands}}
| 1959
|-
|}
{{clear}}

==See also==
*[[Democracy voucher]], unique Seattle public-financing system for election campaigns
*[[City government in Washington (state)]]

== Notes ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Government of Seattle}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191746/http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives/Reference/City_Council_Chron.html Seattle City Council Members Arranged Chronologically by Term], on the city's official website.
* {{cite web |url=http://us-city.census.okfn.org/ |work= U.S. City Open Data Census |publisher= [[Open Knowledge Foundation]] |location=UK |title=Seattle }}
* [https://data.seattle.gov/ Data portal]

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