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The city serves as the cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of 48.4 sq mi (125 km 2 ) [ 9 ] and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 census , making it the third-largest city in the Northeastern United States after New York and Philadelphia . [ 4 ]
Estimates of world population by their nature are an aspect of modernity, possible only since the Age of Discovery.Early estimates for the population of the world [10] date to the 17th century: William Petty, in 1682, estimated the world population at 320 million (current estimates ranging close to twice this number); by the late 18th century, estimates ranged close to one billion (consistent ...
Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ see-AT-əl) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.With a population of 755,078 in 2023, [3] it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States.
Manhattan (/ m æ n ˈ h æ t ən, m ə n-/ ⓘ man-HAT-ən, mən-) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by area in the U.S. state of New York.
Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.With an estimated 3,820,914 residents within the city limits as of 2023, [8] it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California.
The island of Manhattan in New York City touches the Atlantic Ocean, where cholera collected from river waters and ship discharges just off the coast. At this time, New York City did not have as effective a sanitation system as it developed in the later 20th century, so cholera spread through the city's water supply. [114]
Caesar (c. 1737–1852), the last slave to be manumited in New York. A supercentenarian, he may have also been the earliest-born person ever photographed while alive, in 1851. Caesar Nero Paul (c. 1741–1823), enslaved as a child in Africa and brought to Exeter, New Hampshire, he was freed and started a prominent New England family of ...