The geographical location of Cincinnati

An important industrial city and river port at the southwestern tip of Ohio in the central United States. Located on the north shore of the top of the Ohio River, near the junction of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The urban area is 202 square kilometers, with a population of 296,945 (20 10), of which blacks account for about13. The capital circle includes 7 counties in 3 states, covering an area of 5,579 square kilometers. The city is located in a flat basin, surrounded by mountains on three sides, where the Miami River and the Ohio River meet. 5438+ 10 The average temperature in June is 0℃, and that in July 24th is 5℃. The annual precipitation is 1000 mm.

1788, the first Europeans settled here. 18 19 to establish a city. After 1827, with the completion of the Miami Canal and the Ohio River-Lake Erie Canal, it gradually became the main river port and commercial center in the Midwest of the United States. Later, due to the construction of the railway, the city developed rapidly and became one of the early industrial cities in the midwest of the United States. Cincinnati was founded on 1788. It was originally called Los Angeles.

1790 was renamed Cincinnati. This name is a courtesy title for George Washington. It comes from Lucius Judith Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a general in ancient Rome who stepped down to save Rome. Today, in Ohio, especially in Cincinnati, there are still many descendants of American revolutionary war soldiers, who were assigned to the land here and left behind.

Cincinnati was also called a village in 1802, and was upgraded to a city in 18 19. 18 1 1 year, steam engines were used on the Ohio River. With the completion of Miami and Erie Canal, the number of urban residents reached 1 1.5 million in/850. Around 1835, Cincinnati was awarded the title of "Pig Capital" because it was a pig distribution center in the United States at that time and there were many pigs in the streets and alleys of the city. Henry Wordsworth Longfaro called Cincinnati "the Queen of the West". It became an important terminal of the underground railway, helping many slaves escape from the south. Although there are no mountains in Cincinnati, it is still called "Seven Mountain Cities", which may be the same as Rome and Cincinnati in Roman times.

Like Pittsburgh and Nashville, it is a border city during the westward expansion of the United States. As an inland port and canal city, it can be compared with Louisville, St. Louis and New Orleans. As an immigrant and industrial city, it can be compared with Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago and Detroit.

Because of its riverside scenery and many parks, many critics emphasized its beauty. Winston Churchill called Cincinnati the most beautiful city in the interior of the United States. Among the many soap operas sponsored by Procter & Gamble, a local soap company, one was shot using the city scenery of Cincinnati.

Cincinnati is an advanced city in many ways. 1850, the first Jewish hospital in America was established here. In the same year, the first greeting card was born here. 1853, the first county fire brigade in the United States was established here. Cincinnati Redskins was founded in 1867 and became the first professional softball team in the world in 1869. 1880 Cincinnati is the first city in the world to build and own a large railway, which connects things in the United States. The first reinforced concrete skyscraper in the world was built in 1902. Boy scouts of america set out from Cincinnati on 1905. Because there are many German immigrants in the city, Cincinnati was a pioneer in the American beer industry before prohibition. By 1939, the radio station in Cincinnati was the first radio station in the United States to transmit with a power of 500,000 watts. 1954 The first public television station was established here.

1979 65438+On February 3rd, the biggest rock concert disaster in America occurred in Cincinnati, with 20 people killed and hundreds injured.