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Cincinnati (/ ˌ s ɪ n s ɪ ˈ n æ t i / ⓘ SIN-si-NAT-ee; nicknamed Cincy) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. [10] Settled by Europeans in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky.
Hamilton County is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Ohio.As of the 2020 census, the population was 830,639, [2] making it the third-most populous county in Ohio.
The Cincinnati metropolitan area (also known as the Cincinnati Tri-State area or Greater Cincinnati) is a metropolitan area with its core in Ohio and Kentucky. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Its largest city is Cincinnati and includes surrounding counties in the U.S. states of Ohio , Kentucky , and Indiana .
In 2005, a state budget plan that cut spending on libraries a further five percent was passed in the Ohio House of Representatives, after being proposed by Ohio governor Bob Taft. The budget prompted the library to distribute flyers and hold rallies in Downtown Cincinnati, calling on the state to repeal the proposed cuts. [22]
The government of the U.S. state of Ohio consists of the executive, [1] judicial, [2] and legislative [3] branches. Its basic structure is set forth in the Constitution and law of Ohio . Executive branch
The mayor of Cincinnati is recognized as the official head and representative of the city for all purposes. There have been seventy-six mayors of Cincinnati. The first mayor was David Ziegler, who took office in 1802. The current mayor is Aftab Pureval, who was elected on November 2, 2021, and took office at noon on January 4, 2022.
Black youth made up 56% of the Department of Youth Services' juvenile population in 2018, and Black incarceration rates in Ohio have increased by 125% since 1978. More Blacks see Cincinnati as ...
The Cincinnati Park Board (officially the Cincinnati Board of Park Commissioners) maintains and operates all city parks in Cincinnati, Ohio. Established in 1911 with the purchase of 168 acres (0.68 km 2 ), today the board services more than 5,000 acres (20 km 2 ) of city park space.