New York City is the most populAR city in the United States and the heart of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. As a global pioneer, New York has a strong influence on global commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment. As the United Nations places its headquarters, it is also an important center for international affairs. The city is often called New York City to distinguish it from New York.
Situated on a large natural harbor on the Atlantic coast of the northeastern United States, the city consists of five districts: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. The population of the city was estimated at over 8.3 million people in 2007, with a land area of ​​789.4 km². The New York metropolitan population was estimated at 18.8 million on an area of ​​17,405 km² . It is also the most populous metropolitan area in the United States.
New York stands out among the most utilized public transport in the United States. Most of these vehicles operate 24 hours a day. In 2005, about 170 languages ​​were spoken in the city and about 36% of the city's population was born outside the United States. The city is sometimes called "The City Never Sleeps" or has other nicknames like "Gotham" and "Big Apple".
New York was founded by the Dutch as a trading post in 1624. The settlement was once known as New Amsterdam until 1664 when the colony was controlled by the United Kingdom. New York was the capital of the United States from 1785 to 1790. It was the largest city in the United States since 1790.
Many of the city's neighborhoods and landscapes have become famous around the world. The Statue of Liberty has welcomed millions of migrants when they arrived in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, has been a major international financial center since the Second World War. Second place and where the New York Stock Exchange. The city is home to many of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Empire State Building and the former World Trade Center towers.
New York was the birthplace of many cultural movements, including Harlem Renaissance in the fields of literature and fine arts, abstract expression in the field of painting, and hip hop, punk, salsa, disco and Pan Alley is in the field of music. The city is also a center of theatrical arts, which houses the Broadway theater.