somethingaboutNewYork.pptVIP

Something about New York 学院：经济与管理学院 专业：农业经济管理 班级：6班 姓名：王艳青 学号Welcome to New York Introduction Introduction The city is also home to the headquarters of the United Nations, and to many of the worlds most famous skyscrapers. Location New York City is in the southeastern corner of New York State. The city covers about one thousand two hundred square kilometers. But thirty-five percent of that is water. Division of New York New York City is divided into five areas called boroughs. These are Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. Only the Bronx is connected to the United States mainland. The others are surrounded by three rivers and New York Bay. Population in New York Located in the state of New York, the city has a population of over 8.3 million within an area of 321 square miles ,making it the most densely populated major city in North America. Popularly known as the Big Apple and the City That Never Sleeps, the city attracts people from all over the globe who come for New York Citys economic opportunity, culture, and fast-paced cosmopolitan lifestyle. The city is also currently distinguished for having the lowest crime rate among major American cities. Why ‘Big Apple’ Dating back to the early 1920s, this term refers to all horse racetracks around the city of New York. These tracks were the big money courses and the word apple refers to the prize. A few years later the term was used by musicians to describe the whole city. In the 1970s the term was used in a NYC tourism ad campaign and became famous. History of New York New York was inhabited by the Algonquin, Iroquois, and Native American groups at the time Dutch and French nationals moved into the region in the early 17th century. It was colonized