What is the latitude and longitude of new york?

40 degrees 43 minutes north latitude and 74 degrees 00 minutes west longitude. New york City is located in the Hudson River estuary 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.

New york City is mainly located in Manhattan, Staten Island and Long Island. The whole area of new york is about 12 14 square kilometers, of which 425 square kilometers (164. 1 square mile) are waters and 789 square kilometers (304.8 square miles) are land. The highest altitude in new york is located in Todd Mountain on Staten Island, about 409.8 feet (124.9 meters), which is the highest altitude along the east coast of southern Maine.

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The history of new york can be traced back to 1624, when Dutch colonists set up a trading post here and named it New Amsterdam. From 65438 to 0664, new york and its surrounding areas were occupied by Britain. After the founding of the United States, new york was the capital from 1785 to 1790. 1790, new york replaced Philadelphia as the largest city in the United States. The Statue of Liberty, the symbol of new york City, welcomed millions of immigrants at the end of 19 and the beginning of 20th century. It is also a symbol of America and its democratic system.

New york City has five boroughs, including Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx and Staten Island. Each administrative region is also a county in new york. 1898, five administrative regions merged into the present new york city.

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