The Bronx is the northmaist o the five burghs o New York Ceety. Coextensive wi Bronx Coonty, it wis the last o the 62 counties o New York State tae be incorporatit. Locatit north o Manhattan an Queens, an sooth o Westchester Coonty, the Bronx is the anerlie burgh that is locatit primarily on the mainland (a vera sma portion o Manhattan, the Marble Hill neebourheid, is pheesically locatit on the mainland, due tae the reroutin o the Harlem River in 1897). The Bronx's population is 1,455,444 in 2015,[1] The burgh haes a laund aurie o 42 square mile (109 km2), makkin it the fowert-lairgest in laund aurie o the five burghs, the fowert maist populatit, an the third-heichest in densitie o population.[2][3]

The Bronx
Burgh o New York Ceety
Bronx County
Concourse Village an Yankee Stadium
Eik-name(s): 
"The Boogie Down Bronx"
Motto(s): 
"Ne cede malis" - "Yield Not To Evil"
The Bronx is shown in orange.
The Bronx is shown in orange.
Coordinates: 40°50′14″N 73°53′10″W / 40.83722°N 73.88611°W / 40.83722; -73.88611
KintraUnitit States
StateNew York
CoontyBronx
CeetyNew York Ceety
Burgh creatit1898  (Coonty in 1914)
Govrenment
 • TeepBurgh (New York Ceety)
 • Burg PresesRuben Diaz, Jr.
— (Borough of the Bronx)
 • Destrict     AttorneyRobert T. Johnson
— (Bronx County)
Area
 • Total150 km2 (57 sq mi)
 • Laund110 km2 (42 sq mi)
 • Water40 km2 (15 sq mi)
Highest elevation
90 m (280 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total1,455,444[1]
 • Density13,379.8/km2 (34653.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastren Staundart Time (North Americae))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastren Daylicht Time)
ZIP Code
104 + twa digits
Area code(s)347, 718, 917. 646.
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid o the Bronx Burgh Preses

References

eedit
  1. a b "State & County QuickFacts – Bronx County (Bronx Borough), New York". United States Census Bureau. Archived frae the original on 18 Julie 2011. Retrieved 24 Mairch 2016.
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, County and City Data Book:2007 Table B-1, Area and Population, retrieved on July 12, 2008. New York County (Manhattan) wis the naition's densest-populatit coonty, follaeed bi Kings County (Brooklyn), Bronx County, Queens County an San Francisco, Californie.
  3. While the Bronx haes an aurie o anerlie 42 square mile (109 km2), it haes mair residents than the 665,000 square mile (1,700,000 km2) o Alaska an Wyoming combined, accordin tae Table 348 o the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008 Rankit auries o the burghs frae U.S. Census Bureau, County and City Data Book:2007 Table B-1, Area and Population, retrieved on July 13, 2008.