Bellevue : Washington

Bellevue is a suburb of Seattle and rapidly-growing city in King County. It is sometimes categorized as an edge city or a boomburb and is the 15th wealthiest of 522 communities in the state of Washington.

Bellevue is on Meydenbauer Bay and lies between Lake Washington to the west and the smaller Lake Sammamish to the east.

Bellevue which was founded in 1869 by William Meydenbauer and was officially incorporated on March 21, 1953 has a total area of 87.8 km² (33.9 mi²). 79.6 km² (30.8 mi²) of it is land and 8.2 km² (3.2 mi²) of it (9.29%) is water. When the sky is clear the Olympic Mountains and Cascade Mountains can be viewed from hilltops,

The city is bisected by Interstate 405 running north-south, and the southern portion is crossed from west to east by Interstate 90.

Bellevue is bordered by the cities of Kirkland to the northwest and Redmond to the northeast and suburbs of Medina, Clyde Hill, Hunts Point and Yarrow Point to the west.
 
Elevation: 100 feet

Land area: 30.7 square miles

Latitude: 47.60 N

Longitude: 122.16 W

Climate:
Bellevue enjoys a temperate with summer daytime temperatures staying below 70 degrees, while winter lows in the 40's.

Population: 117,137 as on 2005

Local festivals include:

    * Aki Matsuri Japanese Fall Festival

Attractions:

    * Bellevue Botanical Gardens
    * Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art