SeaTac Washington

SeaTac, Washington is a city of 25,000 residents andthan 36,000 people.
home to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. ItSeaTac is a diverse community. The most common
is located in King County, twelve miles south oflanguages spoken besides English are Spanish, Somali
downtown Seattle and twenty miles north ofand Punjabi. The city has a public library and is served
downtown Tacoma. The city of SeaTac wasby the King County Sheriff's Office. SeaTac is in the
incorporated in 1990. Its name is a hybrid of the citiesHighline School District and is home to Tyee High
of Seattle and Tacoma as its airport, built in theSchool. Students from minority populations comprise
1940's, quickly became known as Sea-Tac. SeaTac isabout sixty percent of the high school's enrollment.
at an elevation of about 400 feet, about ten squareTyee High School has several well-known alum
miles in size, and located about five miles east ofincluding Adam Smith, a Democrat, who has served in
Puget Sound. The city is bordered by the cities ofthe U.S. Congress since 1997, Steve Pool, a weather
Burien to the northwest and west, Tukwila to theanchor for KOMO-TV in Seattle, and Gary Ridgway,
east and north, Des Moines to the south, Normandywho is know as the Green River Killer.
Park to the southwest and Kent to the southeast.SeaTac has several excellent parks. Angle Lake Park
The Angle Lake, Bow Lake, McMicken, and Rivertonhas a boat launch, a fishing pier, and playground
neighborhoods are all within SeaTac's city limits.equipment. Des Moines Creek Trail Park is a ninety-six
SeaTac's economy is primarily based upon Sea-Tacacre largely wooded park with a paved trail for
Airport and business that support the aviationbicyclists and pedestrians. SeaTac is also home to
industry. Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air's headquartersGrandview Park, which is a thirty-seven acre dog
is located in SeaTac, just a few miles southeast ofoff-leash park with excellent views of the Auburn
the airport. Numerous hotels, restaurants, rental carKent Valley. Additional parks in the city have soccer
agencies, and airport parking businesses can be foundfields, baseball fields, softball fields, tennis courts, and
in SeaTac. SeaTac is also home to a Federalbasketball courts. SeaTac is a great place to live or
Detention Center, which is operated by the Federalvisit.
Bureau of Prisons. The city's businesses employ more