NEW YORK PRESENTATION

New YORK

PRESENTATION

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6. Statue of Liverty

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8. Video

7. Empire State Building

5. September 11th catastrophe

4. Other information

3. Populacion

2. Location

1. The city

"The city that never sleeps"

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New York, is the most populated city in New York State and the United States. Its metropolitan area is among the most inhabited in the world and is the third most inhabited city in America. Worldwide, it is the city that has the greatest impact on commerce, finance, media, fashion, technology, education, and others.

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Location

New York City is located in the extreme south of New York State, in the northeast of the United States, near Washington D.C. and Boston. It is based on a group of islands at the mouth of the Hudson River, occupying the entire island of Manhattan and western Long Island.

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New York City has an area of 1223 km², of which 778 km² are covered with land and 445 km² of water, with a population of more than 8.8 million inhabitants. The highest point is Todt Hill on Staten Island. This city is the most densely populated city in the United States and the second-most densely populated in the state of New York.

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The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is located in New York and is an important center for international affairs this city is considered the cultural capital of the world. With about 800 different languages spoken in its territory, New York is the city with the greatest linguistic diversity in the world.

• September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks or bombings were a series of suicide attacks against the United States.
• That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger planes.
• The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the planes into the Twin Towers, killing everyone on board.

• In 1962, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey began plans to build the World Trade Center.
• The Twin Towers were built within the World Trade Center complex occupying 6.5 hectares near the Hudson River.
• Started on August 5, 1966, the towers were completed and officially opened on April 4, 1973.

September 11th catastrophe

statue of liberty

Officially called “Liberty Enlightening the World", the statue is a large monument located on Liberty Island in Manhattan, New York, declared a World Heritage Site in 1984. It symbolizes freedom, democracy, and the hope of the people representing the Roman goddess of freedom "Libertas". He carries a torch in his right hand and in his left he holds the United States Declaration of Independence, with the country's independence date written in Roman numerals, July 4, 1776. The statue measures 92 meters.

Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper in midtown Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets. It has a roof height of 381 meters, but with its antenna tower, the building reaches a height of 443 meters. Its name derives from the nickname of New York State, the Empire State.

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By Lara Silva Nº13

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