Detroit
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Detroit (frae the French: Détroit) is the lairgest ceety in the US state o Michigan an the seat o Wayne County. Detroit is a major port ceety on the Detroit River, in the Midwast region o the Unitit States. Locatit north o Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the anerlie major[1] U.S. ceety that leuks sooth tae Canadae. It wis foondit on 24 Julie 1701 bi the Frenchman Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.
Kent as the automotive centur o the warld,[2] "Detroit" is a metonym fur the American automobile industry an an important source o popular muisic legacies celebratit bi the ceety's twa kenspeckle nicknames, The Motor City an Motown.[3][4]
[edit] Sister ceeties
Toyota, Japan[6]
Dubai, Unitit Arab Emirates
Chennai, Indie
Turin, Italy[7]
Kitwe, Zambie
Minsk, Belaroushie
Nassau, Bahamas
Chongqing, Cheenae
Detroit haes a lang an vera close relationship wi nearbi:
[edit] References
- ↑ O ceeties ower 100,000 in population. A few smawer ceeties like Niagara Falls, New York an aa are north o Canadae.
- ↑ Lawrence, Peter (2009).Interview with Michigan's Governor, Corporate Design Foundation. Retrieved on May 1, 2009.
- ↑ Michigan Cities. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Retrieved on 8 Apryle 2007. . “[Detroit] is the automobile capital of the world”
- ↑ SAE World Congress convenes in Detroit. Retrieved on 12 Apryle 2007. .
- ↑ Sister Cities Program | City of Detroit. www.detroitmi.gov. Retrieved on 1 Julie 2010. .
- ↑ International Sister Cities. City.toyota.aichi.jp. Retrieved on 1 Julie 2010. .
- ↑ Città di Torino - Relazioni Internazionali. Comune.torino.it (1998-04-07). Retrieved on 1 Julie 2010. .
