New York Ceety

For ither uises, see New York (disambiguation).

New York is the maist populous ceety in the Unitit States an the center o the New York metropolitan aurie, which is ane 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, education, an entertainment. As host o the Unitit Naitions Heidquarters, it is also an important center for international affairs. The ceety is aften referred tae as New York Ceety or the City of New York tae distinguish it frae the state o New York, o which it is a pairt.

A view o Manhattan

Locatit on a lairge natural harbor 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 miles (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 lairgest, estimatit at 19.1 million fowk ower 6,720 square miles (17,400 km2). The Combined Statistical Aurie contained 22.2 million fowk as o 2009 Census estimates, an aa the lairgest in the Unitit States.

New York wis foondit as a commercial tradin post bi the Dutch in 1624. The settlement wis cawed New Amsterdam till 1664 when the colony came unner Inglis control.

Mony destricts an landmarks in the ceety hae become well kent tae ootsiders. The Statue o Liberty greetit millions o immigrants as they came tae Americae in the late 19t an early 20t centuries. Times Square, iconified as "The Crossroads o the Warld", is the brichtly illuminatit hub o the Broadway theater destrict, ane o the warld's busiest pedestrian intersections, an a major center 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 lairgest stock exchynge bi mercat caipitalization o its leetit companies. The oreeginal Manhattan Chinatown attracts thrangs o tourists tae its bustlin sidewalks an retail establishments. Warld-class schools an universities such as Columbia University, New York University an Fordham University an aa reside in New York Ceety.

Sister ceeties

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

Airms	Ceety	Geographical location	Naition	Since
	Tokyo	Kantō region (Honshū island)	Japan	1960
	Beijing		China	1980
	Cairo	Cairo Govrenorate	Egypt	1982
	Madrid	Community o Madrid	Spain	1982
	Santo Domingo	Naitional Destrict	Dominican Republic	1983
	Budapest	Central Hungary	Hungary	1992
File:Coat of arms of Rome.svg	Roum	Lazio (Latium)	Italy	1992
	Jerusalem	Jerusalem Destrict	Israel	1993
	Lunnon	England	Unitit Kinrick	2001
	Johannesburg	File:Gauteng-logo.jpg Gauteng Province	South Africa	2003

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

Unlike New York Ceety, aw but Johannesburg an aa serve as de facto or de jure naitional political caipitals. New York an her sister ceeties are aw major economic centers, but few o the sister ceeties share New York's status as a major seaport.