Charleston, Sooth Carolina

Charleston
Charleston
	Ceety
	City of Charleston
	St. Michael's on Broad Street
	Banner
	Eik-name(s): "The Holy City", "Chucktown", "Port City", " Charile O"
	Motto(s): Aedes mores juraque curat (Latin: "She guards her buildings, customs, and laws")
	Charleston Location in Sooth Carolina
	Coordinates: 32°47′00″N 79°56′00″W / 32.78333°N 79.93333°WCoordinates: 32°47′00″N 79°56′00″W / 32.78333°N 79.93333°W
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Sooth Carolina
Historic colony	Colony o Sooth Carolina
Coonties	Charleston; Berkeley
Govrenment
• Mayor	John Tecklenburg (D)
Area
• Ceety	330.2 km2 (127.5 sq mi)
• Laund	282.3 km2 (109.0 sq mi)
• Water	47.9 km2 (18.5 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population (2010)
• Ceety	120,083
• Estimate (2014)	130,113
• Rank	US: 200t
• Density	444.9/km2 (1,152/sq mi)
• Urban	548,404 (US: 76t)
• MSA	712220 (US: 76t)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	29401, 29403, 29405, 29407, 29409, 29412, 29414, 29424, 29425, 29455, 29492
Aurie code	843 an 854
FIPS code	45-13330
GNIS featur ID	1221516
Website	www.charleston-sc.gov

Charleston is the auldest an seicont-lairgest ceety in the U.S. state o Sooth Carolina, the coonty seat o Charleston Coonty,^[3] an the principal ceety in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.^[4] The ceety lees juist sooth o the geografical midpoint o Sooth Carolina's coastline an is locatit on Charleston Harbor, an inlet o the Atlantic Ocean shapit bi the confluence o the Ashley an Cooper Rivers, or, as is locally expressed, "whaur the Cooper an Ashley Rivers come thegither tae shape the Atlantic Ocean."^[5]

Sister ceeties

Charleston haes ane offeecial sister ceety, Spoleto, Umbrie, Italy.^[6]

Charleston is twinned wi Speightstown, St. Peter, Barbados an aw.^[7] The original parts of Charlestown were based on the plans of Barbados's capital city Bridgetown.^[8] Many indigo, tobacco, and cotton planters relocated their slaves and plantation operations from Speightstown to Charleston after the sugarcane industry came to dominate agricultural production in Barbados.^[9]

References

↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 17 Februar 2015.
↑ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 7 Juin 2011.
↑ As defined bi the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, for uise bi the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes anerly.
↑ "sc state aquarium public document" (PDF).
↑ [1] Archived 2016-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Cultural Heritage Programme – The Barbados Carolina Connection". Tourism.gov.bb. Archived frae the original on 15 Julie 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
↑ [2] Archived 2013-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Barbados: South Carolina's Mother Colony". Sciway.net. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

FReemit airtins

[FactFinder-1] "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 17 Februar 2015.

[2014_Pop_Estimate-2] "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

[GR6-3] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 7 Juin 2011.

[4] As defined bi the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, for uise bi the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes anerly.

[5] "sc state aquarium public document" (PDF).

[6] [1] Archived 2016-01-15 at the Wayback Machine

[7] "Cultural Heritage Programme – The Barbados Carolina Connection". Tourism.gov.bb. Archived frae the original on 15 Julie 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

[8] [2] Archived 2013-05-24 at the Wayback Machine

[9] "Barbados: South Carolina's Mother Colony". Sciway.net. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

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