Manhattan Island is an island in the center of new york, USA. Between the Hudson River and the East River, Manhattan is the smallest of the five districts in new york. It is 20 kilometers long, 4 kilometers wide and covers an area of 57.7 square kilometers. Manhattan Island is the core of new york, with the smallest area among the five districts, only 57.438+0 square kilometers. But this small island, narrow from east to west and long from north to south, is the financial center of the United States. More than one-third of the 500 largest companies in the United States are headquartered in Manhattan. Six of the seven major banks and the headquarters of major monopoly organizations have set up central strongholds here. It also concentrates the essence of the world's finance, securities, futures and insurance industries. Wall Street, located in the south of Manhattan Island, is a symbol of American wealth and economic strength, and also a stronghold of American monopoly capital and synonymous with financial oligarchy. On both sides of this narrow street, which is only 540 meters long, there are more than 2900 financial and foreign trade institutions. The famous new york Stock Exchange and American Stock Exchange are located here.

Manhattan is home to many world-famous big companies, banks, insurance companies and stock exchanges. Skyscrapers stand tall and are called "standing cities".

/kloc-The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France to the United States in the 20th century, stood at the entrance of Manhattan Island, holding a torch and a statue of the Constitution, watching immigrants from all over the world enter this area for a century, and then condensed into this diverse, rich and dynamic new world.

1524, the European Giovanni da Verrano arrived in new york Harbor by boat, which opened the pioneering era of Manhattan. However, the Dutch beat us to it and sent fur traders to set up fur trading posts here. At that time, Indians dressed as punk walked through Manhattan along Broadway today, and the Dutch bought Manhattan with Indians with ornaments worth $24, but it was called "New Amsterdam" at that time.