New York City
New York City has an estimated 2019 population of 8,336,817 distributed over about 302. 6 square miles. The city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the World. A record 62. 8 million tourists visited New York city in 2017.
About New York City in brief
New York City has an estimated 2019 population of 8,336,817 distributed over about 302. 6 square miles. The city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the World. New York City was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the largest U.S. city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the U. S. by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and is a symbol of the ideals of liberty and peace. In 2019, New York was voted the greatest city of the world per a survey of over 30,000 people from 48 cities worldwide, citing its cultural diversity. A record 62. 8 million tourists visited New York city in 2017, including three of the top ten most visited tourist attractions in 2013. The Financial District of New York is the leading financial center and the world’s two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization. The New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ are the two largest financial stock exchanges in the globe. In 1664, the city was named in honor of the Duke of York, who would become King James II of England, appointed by his older brother, King Charles II, to the throne of England. In 1785, the Dutch seized the city from England and renamed it New Amsterdam, including the present-day city of New Amsterdam.
The Dutch regained the city in 1673, and it was subsequently renamed New Orange for one year and three months; the city has been continuously named New York since November 1674. It was the former proprietor of the former territory of New Netherland, including Algonquian Americans, including Native Americans, who called it Lenquian, including Lenquians. The current name of the city is New York and it has been used since the mid-19th century. The five boroughs were created when local governments were consolidated into a single city in 1898; they are Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island. The City has over 120 colleges and universities, including Columbia University and New York University, Rockefeller University, and the City University of New States. Manhattan’s real estate market is among the most expensive in theworld. Providing continuous 247 service and contributing to the nickname The City that Never Sleeps, the NewYork City Subway is the largest single- operator rapid transit system worldwide, with 472 rail stations. It is home to more than 3.2 million residents born outside the United United States, the largest foreign-born population of any city in the world as of 2016. If the New York metropolitan area were a sovereign state, it would have the eighth-largest economy in the world by landmass and the highest number of billionaires of any city in the world.
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