Albany, New York
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Albany, New York | |||
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 Clockwise frae top: Ceety centre frae Rensselaer; middle-cless hoosin in the Helderberg neichborheid; Palace Theatre; Empire State Plaza fraem the Cultural Education Center; North Pearl Street at Columbia Street; an the State Quad at SUNY Albany. | |||
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| Etymology: Named for the Scots Duke o Albany, that's teetle comes frae the Gaelic name for Scotland: Alba | |||
| Nicknames: | |||
| Motto(s): Assiduity[lower-alpha 1] | |||
 Boondaries o and major thoroufares throu Albany | |||
 Location in Albany Coonty an the state o New York | |||
  Albany Location within New York (state)  Albany Location within the United States  Albany Location within North America | |||
| 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 | |||
| Country |  Unitit States | ||
| State |  New York | ||
| Region | Capital District | ||
| Coonty | Albany | ||
| Settled | 1614 | ||
| Incorporation | 1686 | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| • Teep | Albany City Hall | ||
| • Mayor | Kathy Sheehan (D) | ||
| Area | |||
| • State caipital ceety | 56.81 km2 (21.94 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 55.40 km2 (21.39 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 1.42 km2 (0.55 sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 17,000 km2 (6,570 sq mi) | ||
| Highest elevation (On Birch Hill Road near Loudonville Reservoir) | 115 m (378 ft) | ||
| Lawest elevation (Sea level (at the Hudson River)) | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • State caipital ceety | 97,856 | ||
| • Estimate (2016)[4] | 98,111 | ||
| • Density | 1,771.11/km2 (4,587.20/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 1,170,483 | ||
| • Metro density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Albanie[5] | ||
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) | ||
| ZIP Code | 12201-12, 12214, 12220, 12222-32 | ||
| Area code | 518, 838 | ||
| Geocode | 977310, 978659 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | 36-01000 | ||
| FIPS code | 36-01000 | ||
| GNIS featur ID | 978659 | ||
| Wabsteid | www | ||
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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- ↑ MSN Encarta states that this nickname "resulted from the meeting here in 1754 of the Albany Congress, which adopted Benjamin Franklin's Plan of Union, the first formal proposal to unite the colonies."[1]. Archived 2009-10-31.
- ↑ Nearing, Brian. Three Cheers for the Orange, White, and Blue. Times Union (Albany). November 30, 2004 [archived January 12, 2013; Retrieved August 3, 2010]:B1. Hearst Newspapers.
- ↑ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 4, 2017.
- ↑ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ↑ McEneny (2006), p. 111