Boston
Boston (pronooncit /ˈbɒstən/ ( listen)) is the caipital o an maistmuckle city in Massachusetts, an is ane o the auldest cities in the Unitit States.
The maistmuckle city in New Ingland, Boston is regardit as the unoffeecial "Caipital o New Ingland" for its economic an cultural impact on the hale o the New Ingland airt. The city proper haed a 2009 estimatit population o 645,169 fowk, makin it the twintiet maistmuckle city in the kintra. Boston is the anchor o a substantially bigger metropolitan area cried Greater Boston as weel, hame tae 4.5 million fowk an the tent-maistmuckle metropolitan area in the kintra. Greater Boston as a commutin region includes sax Massachusetts coonties: Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Plymouth, Worcester, northren Bristol Coonty, aw o Rhode Island an pairts o New Hampshire; it is hame tae 7.6 million fowk, makkin it the fift-maistmuckle Combined Statistical Area in the Unitit States.
Boston | |
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City | |
| City of Boston | |
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 Banner  Seal | |
| Eik-name(s): Beantown, The Hub, The Cradle of Liberty, The Cradle of Modern America, The Athens of America, The Walking City | |
| Motto(s): Sicut patribus sit Deus nobis (Latin "As God wis wi oor faithers, so mey He be wi us") | |
 Location in Massachusetts heichlichtit in reid. The remainder o Suffolk Coonty is heichlichtit in pink. | |
  Boston Location in the Unitit States | |
| Coordinates: 42°21′29″N 71°03′49″W / 42.35806°N 71.06361°W 71°03′49″W / 42.35806°N 71.06361°W | |
| Kintra |  Unitit States |
| Historic Kintras | Kinrick o Ingland, Kinrick o Great Breetain |
| State |  Massachusetts |
| Historic Colony | Province o Massachusetts Bay |
| Coonty | Suffolk |
| Settled (toun) | 7 September 1630 (date o namin, O.S.) |
| Incorporatit (ceety) | 4 Mairch 1822 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Strang mayor – cooncil |
| • Mayor | Thomas M. Menino (D), tae be succeedit bi Marty Walsh (D) |
| • Cooncil | Boston City Council |
| Area | |
| • City | 232 km2 (90 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 125 km2 (48 sq mi) |
| • Water | 107 km2 (41 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4600 km2 (1770 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 11700 km2 (4500 sq mi) |
| • CSA | 27600 km2 (10600 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • City | 636,479 (US: 21st) |
| • Density | 4980/km2 (12,900/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,180,000 (US: 10th) |
| • Metro | 4,590,000 (US: 10t) |
| • CSA | 7600000 (US: 6t) |
| • Demonym | Bostonian |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 53 total ZIP codes:
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| Area code(s) | 617 and 857 |
| FIPS code | 25-07000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0617565 |
| Website | cityofboston.gov |
Sister cities
Boston haes aicht offeecial sister ceeties as recognised bi Sister Cities International. The date column indicates the year in which the relationship wis established. Kyoto wis Boston's first sister ceety.
| Ceety | Kintra | Date | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyoto |  Japan | 1959 | |
| Strasbourg |  Fraunce | 1960 | |
| Barcelona |  Spain | 1980 | |
| Hangzhou |  Fowkrepublic o Cheenae | 1982 | |
| Padua |  Italy | 1983 | |
| Melbourne |  Australie | 1985 | |
| Taipei |  Republic o Cheenae (Taiwan) | 1996 | |
| Sekondi-Takoradi |  Ghana | 2001 |
Boston an aa haes less formal friendship or pairtnership relationships wi a additional three ceeties.
| Ceety | Kintra | Date | References |
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| Boston, Lincolnshire |  Unitit Kinrick | 1999 | |
| Haifa |  Israel | 1999 | |
| Valladolid | Spain | 2007 |
References
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