New york is the largest city in the United States, located on the Atlantic coast in the southeast of New York. New york metropolitan area is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, and it is also called the new port with London, China and Hongkong.

New york also has great influence in business and finance. New york financial district, headed by Lower Manhattan and Wall Street, is called the world financial center. Among the top 500 companies in the world, 65,438+07 companies are headquartered in new york. ?

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New york City is located at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern new york, about between Washington, D.C. and Boston. Adjacent to the Hudson River, new york enjoys the convenience of shipping, making it rapidly develop into a trade center.

Most of new york City is located in Manhattan, Staten Island and Long Island. Due to the narrow land, the population density is high. The whole area of new york is about 12 14 square kilometers (468.9 square miles), of which 425 square kilometers (164. 1 square miles) are waters and 789 square kilometers (304.8 square miles) are land.

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