Charleston, Wast Virginie
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Charleston, Wast Virginie | |
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| City of Charleston | |
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| Eik-name(s): Hammertown, U.S.A., Charlie West[1] | |
 Location in Kanawha Coonty an the state o Wast Virginie. | |
  Charleston, Wast Virginie Location in the Unitit States | |
| Coordinates: 38°20′50″N 81°38′0″W / 38.34722°N 81.63333°WCoordinates: 38°20′50″N 81°38′0″W / 38.34722°N 81.63333°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | Wast Virginie |
| Coonty | Kanawha |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Danny Jones (R) |
| • Ceety Cooncil | Members list
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| Area | |
| • City | 84.59 km2 (32.66 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 81.64 km2 (31.52 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.95 km2 (1.14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 182-292 m (597-957 (varies due tae moontains) ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 51,400 |
| • Estimate (2015)[4] | 49,736 |
| • Rank | US: 745th |
| • Density | 629.6/km2 (1630.7/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 153,199 (US: 214t) |
| • Metro | 222,878 (US: 198t) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 25301-25306, 25309, 25311-25315, 25317, 25320-25339, 25350, 25356-25358, 25360-25362, 25364-25365, 25375, 25387, 25389, 25392, 25396, 25064 |
| Area code(s) | 304/681 |
| FIPS code | 54-14600 |
| GNIS featur ID | 1558347[5] |
| Website | cityofcharleston.org |
Charleston is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the State o Wast Virginie. It is locatit at the confluence o the Elk an Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha Coonty. As o the 2013 Census Estimate, it haed a population o 50,821, whilk its metropolitan aurie haed 224,743. It is a centre o govrenment, commerce, an industry.[6] Early industries important tae Charleston includit salt an the first natural gas well.[7] Later, coal became central tae economic prosperity in the ceety an the surroondin aurie. The day, trade, utilities, govrenment, medicine, an eddication play central roles in the ceety's economy.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "I'm Charlie West". Charleston Convention & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 5 Juin 2015.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived frae the original on 20 Februar 2011. Retrieved 24 Januar 2013. Unknown parameter
|dead-url=ignored (help) - ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 24 Januar 2013.
- ↑ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 19 Juin 2015.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "Nielsen US Media Market rankings" (PDF).
- ↑ "First Natural Gas Well - West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia". Wvexp.com. 10 December 2005. Retrieved 12 Mairch 2013.
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