Boston
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Boston (pronooncit /ˈbɒstən/ ( listen)) is the caipital o an maistmuckle city in Massachusetts, an is ane o the auldest cities in the Unitit States. The maistmuckle city in New Ingland, Boston is regardit as the unoffeecial "Caipital o New Ingland" for its economic an cultural impact on the hale o the New Ingland airt.[9] The city proper haed a 2009 estimatit population o 645,169 fowk, makin it the twintiet maistmuckle city in the kintra.[3] Boston is the anchor o a substantially bigger metropolitan area cried Greater Boston as weel, hame tae 4.5 million fowk an the tent-maistmuckle metropolitan area in the kintra.[6] Greater Boston as a commutin region includes sax Massachusetts coonties: Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Plymouth, Worcester,[10] northren Bristol Coonty, aw o Rhode Island an pairts o New Hampshire; it is hame tae 7.6 million fowk, makkin it the fift-maistmuckle Combined Statistical Area in the Unitit States.[7][11]
Boston | |
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City | |
City of Boston | |
Eik-name(s): | |
Motto(s): Sicut patribus sit Deus nobis (Latin "As God wis wi oor faithers, so mey He be wi us") | |
Location in Massachusetts heichlichtit in reid. The remainder o Suffolk Coonty is heichlichtit in pink. | |
Coordinates: 42°21′29″N 71°03′49″W | |
Kintra | Unitit States |
Historic Kintras | Kinrick o Ingland, Kinrick o Great Breetain |
State | Massachusetts |
Historic Colony | Province o Massachusetts Bay |
Coonty | Suffolk |
Settled (toun) | 7 September 1630 (date o namin, O.S.) |
Incorporatit (ceety) | 4 Mairch 1822 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Strang mayor – cooncil |
• Mayor | Thomas M. Menino (D), tae be succeedit bi Marty Walsh (D) |
• Cooncil | Boston City Council |
Area | |
• City | 232 km2 (90 sq mi) |
• Laund | 125 km2 (48 sq mi) |
• Water | 107 km2 (41 sq mi) |
• Urban | 4600 km2 (1770 sq mi) |
• Metro | 11700 km2 (4500 sq mi) |
• CSA | 27600 km2 (10600 sq mi) |
Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
Population | |
• City | 636,479 (US: 21st) |
• Density | 4980/km2 (12,900/sq mi) |
• Urban | 4,180,000 (US: 10th) |
• Metro | 4,590,000 (US: 10t) |
• CSA | 7600000 (US: 6t) |
• Demonym | Bostonian |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code(s) | 53 total ZIP codes:[8]
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Area code(s) | 617 and 857 |
FIPS code | 25-07000 |
GNIS feature ID | 0617565 |
Website | cityofboston.gov |