Editing Sequim, Washington (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name           = Sequim, Washington
| settlement_type         = [[City]]
| image_skyline           = John Wayne Marina - Sequim Washington.jpg
| imagesize               = 
| image_caption           = John Wayne Marina in Sequim
| image_map               = Clallam County Washington Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sequim Highlighted.svg
| mapsize                 = 250px
| map_caption             = Sequim, Washington
<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = United States
| subdivision_type1       = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of counties in Washington|County]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Clallam County, Washington|Clallam]]
<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes    = 
| government_type         = [[Council–manager government|Council–manager]]
| leader_title            = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Brandon Janisse
| leader_title1           = [[City manager|Manager]]
| leader_name1            = Matt Huish
| established_title       = 
| established_date        = 
<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref               = Imperial
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web |title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_53.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 16.58
| area_land_km2           = 16.37
| area_water_km2          = 0.21
| area_total_sq_mi        = 6.40
| area_land_sq_mi         = 6.32
| area_water_sq_mi        = 0.08
<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of        = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="Census-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile: Sequim city, Washington |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Sequim_city,_Washington?g=160XX00US5363385 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=May 4, 2025}}</ref>
| population_total        = 8024
| population_density_km2  = 483.59
| population_density_sq_mi = 1252.81
| population_est          = 8203
| pop_est_as_of           = 2023
| pop_est_footnotes       = <ref name="Census-Estimate"/>
| population_demonym      = 
<!-- General information -->
| timezone                = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific (PST)]]
| utc_offset              = -8
| timezone_DST            = PDT
| utc_offset_DST          = -7
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="gnis"/>
| elevation_ft            = 167
| coordinates             = {{coord|48|04|25|N|123|06|44|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
<!-- Area/postal codes and others -->
| postal_code_type        = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code             = 98382
| area_code               = [[Area code 360|360]]
| area_code_type          = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| blank_name              = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info              = 53-63385
| blank1_name             = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info             = 2411868<ref name=gnis>{{cite GNIS |id=2411868 |date=March 11, 2008 |title=City of Sequim |accessdate=May 4, 2025}}</ref>
| website                 = {{URL|https://www.sequimwa.gov/|sequimwa.gov}}
| footnotes               = 
}}

'''Sequim''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Sequim.ogg|ˈ|s|k|w|ɪ|m}} {{respell|SKWIM}}) is a city in [[Clallam County, Washington]], United States. It is located on the north side of the [[Olympic Peninsula]] between the [[Dungeness River]] and [[Sequim Bay]]. The city is south of the [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]] and north of the [[Olympic Mountains]]. The population was 8,024 as of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]];<ref name="Census-Profile"/> the estimated population in 2023 was 8,203. Sequim is connected to nearby [[Port Angeles, Washington|Port Angeles]] by [[U.S. Route 101 in Washington|U.S. Route 101]], which runs south of the city's downtown.

The city lies within the [[rain shadow]] of the Olympic Mountains and receives, on average, less than {{convert|16|in|mm}} of rain per year – about the same as [[Los Angeles, California]] – giving rise to the region's local nickname of ''Sunny Sequim''. However, the city is relatively close to some of the wettest [[temperate rainforest]]s of the [[contiguous United States]]. This climate anomaly is sometimes called the "Blue Hole of Sequim".<ref name=mass>{{cite book |last= Mass |first= Cliff |title= The Weather of the Pacific Northwest |year= 2008 |publisher= University of Washington Press |isbn= 978-0-295-98847-4 |page= 194}}</ref> Fogs and cool breezes from the Strait of Juan de Fuca make Sequim's climate more humid than would be expected from the low average rate of annual precipitation.

Sequim and the surrounding area are particularly known for the commercial cultivation of [[lavender]], supported by the unique climate. The city is nicknamed the "Lavender Capital of North America". The area is also known for its [[Dungeness crab]], named for the nearby [[Dungeness Spit]].