New York Ceety

maist populous ceety in the state o New York, Unitit States

New York Ceety (Inglis: New York City) is the maist populous ceety in the Unitit States an the centre o the New York metropolitan aurie, at is ae o the maist populous metropolitan auries in the warld. New York Ceety haes a significant impact on global commerce, finance, media, cultur, airt, fashion, research, eddication, an entertainment. As host o the Unitit Naitions Heidquarters, it is an aa an important centre for internaitional affairs. The ceety is aften referred tae as New York Ceety or the Ceety o New York tae distinguish it frae the state o New York, at it is apairt o.

New York
Ceety
The Ceety o New York
Clockwise frae top: Midtown Manhattan, the Unitit Naitions Heidquairters, the Statue o Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, Times Square, an the Unisphere in Queens
Clockwise frae top: Midtown Manhattan, the Unitit Naitions Heidquairters, the Statue o Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, Times Square, an the Unisphere in Queens
Banner o New York
Banner
Eik-name(s): 
The Big Apple, Gotham, Center o the Universe, The Ceety That Neier Sleeps,[1] The Caipital o the Warld[2][3][4]
Location in the state o New York
Location in the state o New York
New York is located in the Unitit States
New York
New York
Location in the Unitit States
Coordinates: 40°39′51″N 73°56′19″W / 40.66417°N 73.93861°W / 40.66417; -73.93861[5]
KintraUnited States
Historic CountriesIngland, Dutch Republic
StateNew York
Historic ColonyColony o New York
CoontiesBronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond
Settled1624
Incorporatit1898
Govrenment
 • TeepMayor–Cooncil
 • BodiNew York City Council
 • MayorEric Adams (I)
Area
 • Ceety1,213.4 km2 (468.48 sq mi)
 • Laund783.8 km2 (302.64 sq mi)
 • Water429.5 km2 (165.84 sq mi)
Elevation10 m (33 ft)
Population
 (2012 Unitit States Census estimates[8])[9]
 • Ceety8,336,697 (1st)
 • Density10,518.60/km2 (27243.06/sq mi)
 • Metro
18,897,109 (1st)
 • CSA
22085649 (1st)
Demonym(s)New Yorker
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
100xx–104xx, 11004–05, 111xx–114xx, 116xx
Area code(s)212, 347, 646, 718, 917, 929
FIPS code36-51000
GNIS featur ID975772
Websitewww.nyc.gov

Locatit on a lairge naitural harbour on the Atlantic coast o the Northeastren Unitit States, the ceety consists o five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, an Staten Island. The ceety's 2009 estimatit population approached 8.4 million, an wi a land aurie o 305 square mile (790 km2), New York Ceety is the maist densely populatit major ceety in the Unitit States. The New York metropolitan aurie's population is the USA's mucklest, estimatit at 19.1 million fowk ower 6,720 square mile (17,400 km2). The Combined Statistical Aurie contained 22.2 million fowk as o 2009 Census estimates, an aa the mucklest in the Unitit States.

New York wis foondit as a commercial tredin post bi the Dutch in 1624. The dounset wis cawed New Amsterdam til 1664 whan the colony came unner Inglis control.

Mony destricts an laundmerks in the ceety hae acome weel kent tae ootsiders. The Statue o Liberty greetit millions o immigrants as thay came tae Americae in the late 19t an early 20t centuries. Times Square, iconifee'd as "The Crossroads o the Warld", is the brichtly illuminatit hub o the Broadway theatre destrict, ane o the warld's busiest pedestrian intersections, an a major centre o the warld's entertainment industry. Anchored bi Wall Street, in Lawer Manhattan, New York vies wi Lunnon as the financial caipital o the warld an is hame tae the New York Stock Exchynge, the warld's mucklest stock exchynge bi mercat caipitalisation o its leetit companies. The oreeginal Manhattan Chinatown attracts thrangs o tourists tae its bustlin sidewalks an retail establishments. Warld-cless schuils an varsities sic as Columbia Varsity, New York Varsity an Fordham Varsity an aa reside in New York Ceety.

Sister ceeties

New York Ceety haes ten sister ceeties recognisit bi Sister Cities International (SCI):[10]

AirmsCeetyGeographical locationNaitionSyne
TokyoKantō region (Honshū island)  Japan1960
 Beijing   Cheenae[11]1980
 CairoCairo Govrenorate  Egyp1982
Madrid Community o Madrid  Spain [12]1982
Santo DomingoNaitional Destrict  Dominican Republic1983
BudapestCentral Hungary  Hungary1992
Roum Lazio (Latium)  Italy1992
JerusalemJerusalem Destrict  Israel1993
Lunnon  Ingland  Unitit Kinrick2001
JohannesburgGauteng[13]  Sooth Africae2003

Lik New York Ceety, aw except Beijing are the maist populous ceeties o thair respective kintras.[14]

Unlik New York Ceety, aw but Johannesburg serve as de facto or de jure naitional poleetical caipitals. New York an her sister ceeties are aw major economic centres, but few o the sister ceeties share New York's status as a major seaport.[15]

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