Unit 15: Cities

1. Population

1.1. 7 million in the city and 19 million in the whole metropolitan region

1.2. the total area of 946 square km

2. Location

2.1. is located in the southeastern part of New York State

2.2. It developed at the point where the Hudson and Passaic river mingle with the water of the Atlantic Ocean.

3. Characteristics

3.1. Unusual city

3.2. the centre of global finance, communications, and business and many tall bbuilding in the world

3.3. visitors are attracted by places: the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Wall Street, and the Broadway theatre district.

4. History

4.1. At first, it was called Fort Amsterdam, and then New Amsterdam

4.2. In 1664, the English took over the city and renamed it New York

4.3. New York was founded by the Dutch in 1624