Hartford

For ither uises, see Hartford (disambiguation).

Hartford
Ceety
The City of Hartford
Eik-name(s):  The Insurance Capital of the World, The Heartbeat, New England's Rising Star
Location in Hartford Coonty, Connecticut
Coordinates: 41°45′45.85″N 72°40′27.43″W
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Connecticut
NECTA	Hartford
Region	Capitol Region
Namit	1637
Incorporatit (city)	1784
Consolidatit	1896
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor-cooncil
• Mayor	Pedro Segarra (D)
Area
• Ceety	46.5 km2 (18.0 sq mi)
• Laund	44.8 km2 (17.3 sq mi)
• Water	1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
• Urban	1216 km2 (469 sq mi)
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Ceety	124,893
• Density	2776/km2 (7025.5/sq mi)
• Metro	1,212,381
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code	061xx
Area code(s)	860
FIPS code	09-37000
GNIS feature ID	0213160
Airport	Bradley Internaitional Airport (Windsor Locks, CT) – BDL (International/Major)
Website	www.hartford.gov

Hartford is the caipital o the U.S. state o Connecticut an the historic seat o Hartford Coonty till Connecticut disbandit coonty govrenment in 1960. As o the 2010 Census, Hartford's population wis 124,775, makin it Connecticut's fowert-lairgest ceety efter the coastal ceeties o Bridgeport, New Haven, an Stamford.

Elk-namit the "Insurance Caipital o the Warld", Hartford hooses mony insurance company heidquairters, an insurance remains the region's major industry. Amaist 400 year auld, Hartford is amang the auldest ceeties in the Unitit States. Follaein the American Ceevil War, Hartford wis the walthiest ceety in the Unitit States for several decades. In 1868, Mark Twain wrote afore he dee'd, "Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief." The day, Hartford is ane o the poorest ceeties in the naition wi 3 oot o ivery 10 faimilies livin belaw the poverty line.

In 2004, the Hartford metropolitan aurie rankit seicont naitionally in per caipita economic activity, ahint anerly San Francisco. Hartford is hame tae the naition's auldest public airt museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum; the auldest public paurk, Bushnell Park; the auldest continuously published newspaper, The Hartford Courant; the seicont-auldest seicontar schuil, Hartford Public, an the Mark Twain House whaur the author wrote his maist famous wirks an raised his faimily, amang ither historically significant attractions.

Sister ceeties

Hartford featurs numerous sister ceeties. Thay include:

• Bydgoszcz, Poland: A ceety in north-central Poland. It is pairt o the metroplex Bydgoszcz-Toruń wi Toruń, anerly 45 km awa, an ower 358,000 indwallers.
• Caguas, Puerto Rico: A midsizit ceety in central Puerto Rico. The ceety o Hartford haes the heichest percentage o indwallers wi Puerto Rican ancestry in the continental Unitit States.
• Floridia, Italy: A smaw suburb o Siracusa locatit on the sootheastren coast o the island o Sicily.
• Freetown, Sierra Leone: Caipital Ceety o Sierra Leone.
• Hertford, England: The toun haes a population o aboot 24,000 an serves mony commuters tae Lunnon. The toun haes a kintra feel while anerly 20 mile (30 km) north o Lunnon.
• Mangualde, Portugal: A smaw toun in Centro Region that is vera close tae the Serra da Estrela Muntains.
• Morant Bay, Jamaica: A toun in sootheastren Jamaica. It wis the stairtin pynt o the anerly peasant rebellion in Jamaican history.
• New Ross, Ireland: A smaw toun in sootheast Ireland, at the confluence o the River Barrow an the River Nore. It is the ancestral hame o the Kennedy faimily.
• Ocotal, Nicaragua: A lairge toun in northren Nicaragua.
• Thessaloniki, Greece This mediterranean port is Greece's seicont lairgest ceety, wi a population o juist ower 1 million fowk.
• Dongguan, Cheenae: A famous big ceety in sooth Cheenae.

Freemit airtins

• Hartford.gov – Offeecial Hartford wabsteid
• Hartford.com – Offeecial tourism wabsteid

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