Albany, New York
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Albany, New York | |||
Ceety | |||
Clockwise frae top: Albany skyline frae Rensselaer; middle-class hoosin in the Helderberg neighborhuid; Palace Theatre; Empire State Plaza frae the Cultural Eddication Center; North Pearl Street at Columbia Street; an the State Quad at SUNY Albany.
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Offeecial name: Ceety o Albany | |||
Name oreegin: Named for the Scots Duke o Albany, whose teetle comes frae the Gaelic name for Scotland: Alba | |||
Motto: Assiduity[lower-alpha 1] | |||
Kintra | Unitit States | ||
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State | New York | ||
Region | Caipital Destrict | ||
Coonty | Albany | ||
Laundmerk | Empire State Plaza | ||
River | Hudson River | ||
Coordinates | 42°39′09″N 073°45′26″W / 42.65250°N 73.75722°WCoordinates: 42°39′09″N 073°45′26″W / 42.65250°N 73.75722°W | ||
Heichest pynt | USGS benchmerk near reservoir off Birch Hill Road | ||
- elevation | 378 ft (115 m) | ||
- coordinates | 42°40′51″N 073°45′17″W / 42.68083°N 73.75472°W | ||
Lowest point | Sea level (at the Hudson River) | ||
- elevation | 0 ft (0 m) | ||
Area | 21.8 sq mi (56 km2) | ||
- land | 21.4 sq mi (55 km2) | ||
- water | 0.4 sq mi (1 km2) | ||
- metro | 6,570 sq mi (17,016 km2) | ||
Population | 100,104 (2015) | ||
- metro | 1,170,483 | ||
Density | 4,491.0/sq mi (1,734/km2) | ||
Settled | 1614 | ||
Incorporation as ceety | 1686 | ||
Government | Albany Ceety Haw | ||
- location | 24 Eagle Street | ||
- coordinates | 42°39′6″N 73°45′16″W / 42.65167°N 73.75444°W | ||
Mayor | Kathy Sheehan (D) | ||
Timezone | Eastren (EST) (UTC-5) | ||
- summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
ZIP Code | 12201-12, 12214, 12220, 12222-32 | ||
Area code | 518 | ||
FIPS code | 36-01000 | ||
GNIS feature ID | 977310, 978659 | ||
Demonym | Albanian [2] | ||
Boondaries o and major thoroufares throu Albany
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Location in Albany Coonty an the state o New York.
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Wikimedia Commons: Albany, New York | |||
Website: www.albanyny.gov | |||
Albany (i/ˈɔːlbəniː/ AWL-bə-nee) is the caipital o the U.S. state o New York an the seat o Albany Coonty.
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- ↑ Nearing, Brian. Three Cheers for the Orange, White, and Blue. Times Union (Albany). November 30, 2004 [Retrieved August 3, 2010]:B1. Hearst Newspapers.
- ↑ McEneny (2006), p. 111