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Place Name
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Bellevue
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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86,874 (1990)
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Location
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King County, Washington (WA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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47°36'N
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Longitude
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122°10'W
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Bellevue
, city (1990 pop. 86,874), King co., W Wash.,
suburb 6 mi/9.7 km E of Seattle, on E shore of
L. Washington, opposite city of Seattle, connected by Evergreen Point
Bridge; inc. 1953; 47°36'N 122°10'W. Mfg. (computers, machinery,
electrical equip., aircraft parts, printing and publishing, food, bldg.
materials, medical equip., chemicals, fertilizers, paper prods.). It
grew as a major suburban city in the 1980s and has one of the most
extensive networks of office complexes in the Pacific
Northwest. In the city, Bellevue Sq. serves as the state's largest
shopping center. Bellevue is connected with Seattle by 2 floating
bridges. Bellevue Community Col. is here. L. Sammamish is E of city; L.
Sammamish State Park to SE.
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