Newark, New Jersey

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City of Newark
—  Ceety  —
Eik-name(s): The Brick City, The Gateway City
Map of Newark in Essex County. Inset: Location of Essex County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Coordinates: 40°43′27″N 74°10′21″W / 40.72422°N 74.172574°W / 40.72422; -74.172574
Kintra Unitit States
State New Jersey
Coonty Essex
Incorporatit 31 October 1693 (as tounship)
Incorporated 11 Aprile 1836 (as ceety)
Govrenment
 - Mayor Cory Booker (D)
Aurie[1]
 - Tot 26.107 sq mi (67.617 km2)
 - Laund 24.187 sq mi (62.644 km2)
 - Watter 1.920 sq mi (4.973 km2)  7.35%
Hicht[2] 13 ft (4 m)
Indwallers (2010 Census)[3][4][5] (67t)
 - Tot 277,140
 - Densitie 11,458.3/sq mi (4,424.1/km2)
 - Demonym Newarker
Time zone Eastren (EST) (UTC-5)
 - Simmer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 07101-07108, 07112, 07114[6]
Aurie code(s) 862/973
FIPS code 34-51000[7][8]
GNIS feature ID 0885317[9][1]
Wabsteid http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/

Newark is the lairgest ceety in New Jersey, Unitit States, an the coonty seat o Essex Coonty. Newark haes a population o 278,154,[10] makin it the lairgest municipality in New Jersey an the 68t lairgest ceety in the U.S.[11]

Newark is locatit in the hert o New Jersey's Gateway Region. It is approximately 8 miles (13 km) wast o Manhattan (New York Ceety). Its location near the Atlantic Ocean on Newark Bay haes helped make its port facility, Port Newark, the major container shippin facility for the New York metropolitan aurie (Port of New York and New Jersey), an the lairgest on the East Coast. It is the hame o Newark Liberty Internaitional Airport, ane o the first major airports in the Unitit States, an ane o the busiest the day. Newark is hame tae major corporations such as Prudential Financial an PSE&G, an well as several major universities such as Rutgers University an New Jersey Institute o Technology, cultural institutions, an sports venues.

This ethnically diverse ceety is dividit intae five wards, an contains a variety o neighborhuids rangin in character frae bustlin urban destricts tae quiet suburban enclaves.

Internaitional relations [edit]

Twin touns - sister ceeties [edit]

Newark haes eleiven sister ceeties, as designatit bi Sister Cities International:[12]

References [edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gazetteer of New Jersey Places, United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ Template:Gnis, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed February 14, 2012.
  3. ↑ DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Newark city, Essex County, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 14, 2012.
  4. ↑ Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Newark city, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed February 14, 2012.
  5. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Census2010XLS
  6. ↑ ZIP codes for Newark, New Jersey, United States Postal Service. Accessed February 14, 2012.
  7. ↑ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 31 Januar 2008. .
  8. ↑ A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed May 15, 2012.
  9. ↑ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 31 Januar 2008. .
  10. ↑ data for Newark city, United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
  11. ↑ Top 1,000 Nationwide - 2009 Population Data. Biggest US Cities (2010-12-11). Retrieved on 16 Mairch 2011. .
  12. ↑ Online Directory: New Jersey, USA, Sister Cities International, backed up bi Internet Archive as o 1 Januar 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
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