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Bellevue, Washington

Bellevue (/ˈbɛlvjuː/ BEL-vyoo) is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, across Lake Washington from Seattle. As the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area, Bellevue has variously been characterized as an edge city, a suburb, boomburb, or satellite city.[5][6] Its population was 122,363 at the 2010 census[2] and 147,599 in a 2018 census estimate.

As of 2019, the city promotes itself as a diverse, global city at the heart of Seattle's Eastside, and home to some of the world's most innovative technology companies. Prior to 2008, downtown Bellevue underwent rapid change, with many high-rise projects under construction, and was relatively unaffected by the economic downturn. The downtown area is currently the second-largest city center in Washington state, with 1,300 businesses, 45,000 employees, and 10,200 residents.[7] Based on per capita income, Bellevue is the sixth-wealthiest of 522 communities in the state of Washington.[8] In 2008, Bellevue was number one in CNNMoney's list of the best places to live and launch a business,[9] and in 2010 was again ranked as the fourth-best place to live in America.[10] In 2014, Bellevue was ranked as the second-best place to live by USA Today.[11] More than 145 companies have been located in Bellevue. Current companies with headquarters in Bellevue include PACCAR Inc, T-Mobile, and Valve.

The Duwamish, whose main settlements were located in what is present day Renton and Seattle, maintained a small outpost settlement called Satskal along the Mercer Slough, south of present day downtown Bellevue.[13]

Bellevue was first settled by European Americans in 1869 by William Meydenbauer and Aaron Mercer, who claimed homestead tracts several miles apart. Both moved away within a few years, and permanent residents did not arrive until 1879. By 1882 a community, consisting mostly of logging homesteaders, had established itself.[13] Once the land had been logged, it was gradually cleared, largely by Japanese immigrant labor in the early 20th century, to support small scale farming on leased land plots.[14]