Charleston, Sooth Carolina
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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]
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Charleston | |
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City of Charleston | |
St. Michael's on Broad Street | |
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") | |
Location in Sooth Carolina | |
Coordinates: 32°47′00″N 79°56′00″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 | |
• Ceety | 120,083 |
• Estimate (2014)[2] | 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 |
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