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New York City (officially The City of New York) is the most populous city in
the United States, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest
urban areas in the world. It has been the largest city in the United States
since 1790. For more than a century, it has been one of the world's major
centers of commerce and finance. New York City is rated as an alpha world
city for its global influences in media, politics, education, entertainment,
arts and fashion. The city is also a major center for foreign affairs,
hosting the headquarters of the United Nations.
New York City comprises five boroughs, each of which is coextensive with a
county: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. With over
8.2 million residents within an area of 322 square miles (830 km²), New York
City is the most densely populated major city in the United States.
Many of the city's neighborhoods and landmarks are known around the world.
The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, at Ellis Island, a small part of
which lies within the city. Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, has been a
dominant global financial center since World War II and is home to the New
York Stock Exchange. The city has been home to several of the tallest
buildings in the world, including the Empire State Building and the twin
towers of the World Trade Center, which were destroyed in the September 11,
2001 attacks.
New York is the birthplace of many American cultural movements, including
the Harlem Renaissance in literature and visual art, abstract expressionism
(also known as the New York School) in painting, and hip hop, punk, salsa, and Tin Pan Alley in music. In 2005, nearly 170 languages were spoken
in the city and 36% of its population was born outside the United
States. With its 24-hour subway and constant bustling of traffic and
people, New York is known as "The City That Never Sleeps;" it was first
linked with "Gotham" by Washington Irving in 1807.
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