The Bronx
(Reguidit frae Bronx Coonty)
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The Bronx | |
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Burgh o New York Ceety | |
| Bronx County | |
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| Eik-name(s): "The Boogie Down Bronx" | |
| Motto(s): "Ne cede malis" - "Yield Not To Evil" | |
 The Bronx is shown in orange. | |
| Coordinates: 40°50′14″N 73°53′10″W / 40.83722°N 73.88611°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | New York |
| Coonty | Bronx |
| Ceety | New York Ceety |
| Burgh creatit | 1898 (Coonty in 1914) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Burgh (New York Ceety) |
| • Burg Preses | Ruben Diaz, Jr. — (Borough of the Bronx) |
| • Destrict Attorney | Robert T. Johnson — (Bronx County) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 150 km2 (57 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 110 km2 (42 sq mi) |
| • Water | 40 km2 (15 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 90 m (280 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 1,455,444[1] |
| • Density | 13,379.8/km2 (34653.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastren Staundart Time (North Americae)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastren Daylicht Time) |
| ZIP Code | 104 + twa digits |
| Area code(s) | 347, 718, 917. 646. |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid o the Bronx Burgh Preses |
The Bronx is the northmaist o the five burghs o New York Ceety. Coextensive wi Bronx Coonty, it wis the last o the 62 counties o New York State tae be incorporatit. Locatit north o Manhattan an Queens, an sooth o Westchester Coonty, the Bronx is the anerlie burgh that is locatit primarily on the mainland (a vera sma portion o Manhattan, the Marble Hill neebourheid, is pheesically locatit on the mainland, due tae the reroutin o the Harlem River in 1897). The Bronx's population is 1,455,444 in 2015,[1] The burgh haes a laund aurie o 42 square mile (109 km2), makkin it the fowert-lairgest in laund aurie o the five burghs, the fowert maist populatit, an the third-heichest in densitie o population.[2][3]
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- 1 2 "State & County QuickFacts – Bronx County (Bronx Borough), New York". United States Census Bureau. Archived frae the original on 18 Julie 2011. Retrieved 24 Mairch 2016.
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, County and City Data Book:2007 Table B-1, Area and Population, retrieved on July 12, 2008. New York County (Manhattan) wis the naition's densest-populatit coonty, follaeed bi Kings County (Brooklyn), Bronx County, Queens County an San Francisco, Californie.
- ↑ While the Bronx haes an aurie o anerlie 42 square mile (109 km2), it haes mair residents than the 665,000 square mile (1,700,000 km2) o Alaska an Wyoming combined, accordin tae Table 348 o the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008 Rankit auries o the burghs frae U.S. Census Bureau, County and City Data Book:2007 Table B-1, Area and Population, retrieved on July 13, 2008.