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Bellevue, Washington

Northern America

Bellevue is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, in the United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area and the fifth-largest in Washington state, and has been characterized variously as a satellite city, a suburb, a boomburb, and an edge city. Its population was 151,854 at the 2020 census. The city's name comes from the French phrase belle vue, meaning beautiful view.

Facts
Population
151,854 1
Area (sq km)
87.3619 2
Founding Year
1869 2
Population Estimate Year
2020 2
Elevation (m)
26 2
Latitude
47.614444 degrees north 2
Longitude
122.1925 degrees west 2
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Sources
1. Bellevue, Washington (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, population
    population = 151854
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Bellevue, Washington (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 47.614444, longitude -122.1925
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 26 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 87.3619 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1869
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population (2020)
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Wikidata: Bellevue, Washington
Wikidata Q214164, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Wikidata: United States
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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