New York City

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NEW YORK CITY

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BASIC INFORMATION

• New York City, officially City of New York, is the most populated city in the USA.

• New York City has an area of 1214 km².

• There are over 8 200 000 people

• Today, it is one of the biggest world business centers.

• It is sometimes called the City that never sleeps, because of the 24/7 activity of citizens.

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LOCATION

• New York City is located on the northeast coast of the USA

• New York City is divided into five districts - Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island.

• Manhattan is separated from Bronx by Harlem River, from Queens and Brooklyn East River and from New Jersey by river Hudson.

• Highest point of New York City is Todt Hill on Staten Island 125 meters above sea

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WEATHER

• Wet and rainy weather is typical for New York.

• New York City has hot summers, but really cold and snowy winters

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HISTORY

• the city was founded by the people of Netherlands in 17^th. Two centuries later, it became the biggest and a capital city of the USA.

• In the year 1789, first American president, George Washington, was selected in Federal Hall on Wall Street

• Worst New York catastrophe happened on 11th of September, when two civilian flights were taken over by terrorists, and crashed into the World Trade Centre in New York.

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IMPORTANT PLACES

• Empire State Building

• 102 floor building on Fifth avenue. After terrorist attack on WTC, Empire state building became the highest building in New York.

• Building is 443 meters high.

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• Statue of Liberty

• it is 93 meters tall, where 46 meters is creating a statue and 47 meters is statues base.

• The statue symbolizes the "friendship and help" that France gave to US settlers in the struggle for independence.

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• Central park

• Big city park with area of 3,41 km². It lies in Manhattan.

• It became national historic monument in the year 1863

• Inside the park, there is a lot of statues, for example Christopher Columbus