New York Ceety: Maist populous ceety in the state o New York, Unitit States

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
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Eik-name(s):  The Big Apple, Gotham, Center o the Universe, The Ceety That Neier Sleeps, The Caipital o the Warld
Location in the state o 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
Kintra	United States
Historic Countries	Ingland, Dutch Republic
State	New York
Historic Colony	Colony o New York
Coonties	Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond
Settled	1624
Incorporatit	1898
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor–Cooncil
• Bodi	New York City Council
• Mayor	Eric Adams (I)
Area
• Ceety	1,213.4 km2 (468.48 sq mi)
• Laund	783.8 km2 (302.64 sq mi)
• Water	429.5 km2 (165.84 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (33 ft)
Population  (2012 Unitit States Census estimates)
• Ceety	8,336,697 (1st)
• Density	10,518.60/km2 (27243.06/sq mi)
• Metro	18,897,109 (1st)
• CSA	22085649 (1st)
Demonym(s)	New Yorker
Time zone	UTC-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 code	36-51000
GNIS featur ID	975772
Website	www.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.

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

Airms	Ceety	Geographical location	Naition	Syne
	Tokyo	Kantō region (Honshū island)	Japan	1960
	Beijing		Cheenae	1980
	Cairo	Cairo Govrenorate	Egyp	1982
	Madrid	Community o Madrid	Spain	1982
	Santo Domingo	Naitional Destrict	Dominican Republic	1983
	Budapest	Central Hungary	Hungary	1992
	Roum	Lazio (Latium)	Italy	1992
	Jerusalem	Jerusalem Destrict	Israel	1993
	Lunnon	Ingland	Unitit Kinrick	2001
	Johannesburg	Gauteng	Sooth Africae	2003

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

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.