2. THE CITY OF NEW YORK
New York City is one of the biggest cities in the world whit population
of 8 244 910 people. New York is located about 1 214 40 km². The
city has 5 areas: Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten
Island. The majority of New York is located on an archipelago of islands
on the East Coast of North America, the largest of them are
Manhattan, Staten Island and Long Island.

3. HISTORY
The first documented visit by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da
Verrazzano. European settlement in the region began with the
founding in 1614 of the Netherlands colony of fur trade in the
southern part of Manhattan, which was later called New Amsterdam.
In 1664 New Amsterdam was occupied by England and given its
present name in honor of the Duke of York. During British rule the
importance of New York as a commercial port steadily increasing.

4. HISTORY
After the American Revolution, New York served as the capital briefly. In
the next the 19th century the city expanded significantly after waves of
immigrants. Then it is planned and the rectangular grid of streets and
avenues, and in the 50 years of the century was born the idea of the first
of its kind on the continent Central Park, which became a symbol of the
city. In 1883 is completed the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn
Manhattan. In the 1980s, Wall Street was revived and the city he won a
leading position in the global economy On 11 September 2001, it became
the victim of a terrorist attack, in which nearly 3,000 people died in the
attacks on the World Trade Center.

5. CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY
The highest point is Todt Hill on Staten Island with an altitude height
125 m. The climate of New York is subtropical ocean. Summers are
hot and humid with average maximum temperatures of 26-29 ° C.
Winters are cold with average minimum for the coldest month of
January around 0° C and the lowest values in separate days to -12 ° C.
In spring and autumn the weather is mild and low humidity.

6. REGIONS
Manhattan is the business center and is the most urbanized, the most
densely populated and there are many skyscrapers. Bronx is the only
one who is on continent, not an island. He claims to be the birthplace
of hip-hop culture. Brooklyn and Queens are on Long Island and also
have the largest population and area. Staten Island is relatively isolated
from the rest of the most visible reminder suburb.
Current New York City Mayor is Michael Bloomberg.

7. TOURISM AND LEISURE
Major destinations include the Empire State Building; Statue of Liberty; Ellis Island;
Broadway theater productions; museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art;
green spaces such as Central Park and Washington Square Park; Rockefeller Center;
Times Square; the Manhattan Chinatown; luxury shopping along Fifth and Madison
Avenues; and events such as the Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village; the Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade; the St. Patrick's Day parade; seasonal activities such as ice
skating in Central Park in the wintertime; the Tribeca Film Festival.
2010, New York In City received nearly 49 million tourists, subsequently surpassed
by a record 50 million tourists in 2011.

9. TRANSPORT AND EDUCATION
 Public transport is widely used and is used by 60% of the
population, including the majority of working middle class.
 Education is a rich foundation in the city that can boast a higher
elite institutions like Columbia, Ford, New York University. City State
University does is the largest in the U.S. and has 5 separate branches
in various parts of the city. New York is a major center for academic
medicine, including research institutions worldwide scale. Interest in
promoting early and some specialized schools are highly selective.