New York City was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the largest U.S. The city was regained by the Dutch in July 1673 and was renamed New Orange for one year and three months the city has been continuously named New York since November 1674. The city came under British control in 1664 and was renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. The settlement was named New Amsterdam ( Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam) in 1626 and was chartered as a city in 1653.
New York City traces its origins to a trading post founded on the southern tip of Manhattan Island by Dutch colonists in approximately 1624. New York City is home to more than 3.2 million residents born outside the U.S., the largest foreign-born population of any city in the world as of 2016. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. The city and its metropolitan area constitute the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States. New York City is home to the highest number of billionaires, individuals of ultra-high net worth (greater than US$30 million), and millionaires of any city in the world. As of 2023, New York City is the most expensive city in the world for expatriates to live. New York City is an established safe haven for global investors. If the New York metropolitan area were a sovereign state, it would have the eighth-largest economy in the world. Īs of 2021, the New York metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan economy in the world with a gross metropolitan product of over $2.4 trillion. The five boroughs, which were created in 1898 when local governments were consolidated into a single municipal entity, are: Brooklyn (in Kings County), Queens (in Queens County), Manhattan (in New York County), The Bronx (in Bronx County), and Staten Island (in Richmond County).
Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors and extending into the Atlantic Ocean, New York City comprises five boroughs, each of which is coextensive with a respective county of the state of New York. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York City is an important center for international diplomacy, and is sometimes described as the capital of the world. New York City is a global cultural, financial, high-tech, entertainment, glamor, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, dining, art, fashion, and sports.
With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York City is one of the world's most populous megacities. The city constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. New York City is located at the southern tip of New York state. The city is more than twice as populous as Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest city, and has a larger population than 38 of the nation's 50 states. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km 2), New York City is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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