NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON

Jonáš hromádka and Domink Píchal

NEW YORK New York is the most populous

city in the United States  New York City consists of

five boroughs which were consolidated in 1898: 

The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. With a 2010 United States Census population of 8,175,133

 the city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world.

LOCATION New York City is located in the

northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston.

The Hudson River flows through the Hudson Valley into New York Bay

HISTORY New York was colonisted of the Dutch

Republic, and was named New Amsterdam

The city and its surrounds came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England

TRANSPORTATION Mass transit in New York City, most of

which runs 24 hours a day The New York City Subway is the

largest rapid transit system in the world The area is served by three major

airports, John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International and LaGuardia

LANDMARKS There is many landmarks : The Statue of Liberty National Monument,

in New York The Empire State Building Times Square Rockefeller Center, home to NBC Studios Central Park an 883-acre (3.57 km2) park in

Manhattan luxury shopping along Fifth and Madison

Avenues Metropolitan Museum of Art The Brooklyn Bridge

11. SETPEMBER 2001 The city was one of the sites of

the September 11, 2001 attacks, when nearly 3,000 people died in the destruction of theWorld Trade Center = The Twins

Now it‘s called Ground Zero United Airlines Flight 175 hits the South

Tower of the formerWorld Trade Center

WASHINGTON, D.C. Washington, D.C. is the capital city of

USA A new capital city named after George

Washington was founded in 1791 to the east of the preexisting port of Georgetown

Washington, D.C., had a resident population of 601,723 in 2010, the 26th most populous city in the country

The centers of all three branches of the federal government of the United States

LOCATION The city is located on the east of

country. The Washington Metropolitan Area, of

which the District is a part, has a population of nearly 5.6 million, the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the country.

Location of Washington, D.C., in the United States and in relation to the states of Maryland and Virginia

CITYSCAPE Washington, D.C., is a planned city. The

design for the City of Washington was largely the work of Pierre (Peter) Charles L’Enfant, a French-born architect, engineer, and city planner

LANDMARKS The Lincoln Memorial had over six

million visitors in 2010 The White House – home of Obama The United States Congress The Washington  the National Museum of Natural History  the National World War II Memorial the Library of Congress is the largest

library complex in the world And many others

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