About New York

About New York

Compiled by Isroilov Ulugbek and Kholmurodov Jaloliddin

The New York Desert, simply known as New York or abbreviated as NY, is the largest industrial, financial, commercial, transportation, political, and cultural center of the United States, and one of the largest cities in the world. On the Atlantic coast, at the confluence of the Hudson River. The central part of the city is located on the island of Manhattan. The climate is temperate, temperate. Annual precipitation is 1000 mm. Area (within the municipal boundaries of the city, without water bodies) 953 km². Population 8,336,817 people (2009). New York, with its practically merged cities and suburbs, covers an area of 27,000 km2 and has a population of 19 million. The majority of the city's population is of European, Asian, and African descent, including 15% blacks, 14% Italians, 12% Puerto Ricans, and others.

The city is governed by the mayor, the municipal council, and the Department of Accounts. The mayor is elected by the people for a term of 4 years. The first Dutch settlers came to Manhattan in 1613. The city was founded in 1625. From 1626 it was called New Amsterdam. In 1664, New Amsterdam was occupied by the British and renamed New York in honor of the Duke of York. From 1785 to 1990, New York was the temporary capital of the United States. The city is home to the headquarters of the United Nations and other international organizations.

New York is one of the largest seaports in the United States and the largest in the world. Imported goods (oil, tropical plant products, raw materials, industrial goods) are 3 times more than exported goods (industrial goods, food). A quarter of the country's foreign trade passes through New York. The city is home to the stock exchange, banks, insurance companies, industry and other corporations. There are 3 major international airports. The garment and printing industries play an important role. Mechanical engineering and metallurgy (including electrical engineering, assembly of prefabricated cars, aircraft, optics and mechanics), chemistry, and the production of haberdashery and jewelry are developed. There are enterprises of oil refining, non-ferrous metallurgy, food industry. Some parts of the city are connected by more than 60 bridges, several car tunnels (370 km in total length) and passenger ferries. The metro has been operating since 1868.

New York has 6 universities, more than 40 colleges, FA and other academies, institutes, major libraries, museums, more than 70 theater buildings, Philharmonic Hall, conservatory, concert halls and more.

New York has streets and neighborhoods of Italians, Jews, Chinese and other nationalities. The city began to take shape at the beginning of the 19th century on the basis of a rectangular plan. By the middle of the 19th century, it had become a huge city. One of the largest streets is Broadway (29 km long). In the 19th and 20th centuries, high-rise buildings began to be built. By the middle of the 20th century, New York had become a 200-kilometer-long, interconnected city. Buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries include the Town Hall (1803-12), the Trinity Church (1839-46), the Brooklyn Bridge (1869-83), and other major engineering structures. Among the high-rise buildings were the Empire State Building (102 floors, 1930-31), the UN headquarters building (1947-52), the International Trade Center (two 110-storey towers, height 412 m; 1971-73; September 11, 2001 by terrorists). exploded) and other major bridges: George Washington and Verratsano-Norrous. Important monuments are the Statue of Liberty and the Arch of Washington.

New York is equally beautiful in all four seasons, and in the summer it is especially unique! Children learn English with their peers from around the world, and classes are taught by experienced language teachers. Young tourists will visit the Statue of Liberty, visit Manhattan, Lincoln Center, Rockefeller Center and other attractions in New York. The program also includes a trip to Boston. Here, children go on a boat trip, watch Whale Watching, visit Harvard University, and visit other notable places in the city. So, the trip will be full of impressions!

The Statue of Liberty (French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is one of the most famous monuments in the world, built in 1886 in New York, USA. The Statue of Liberty is one of the largest symbols of the United States. The copper Statue of Liberty was donated to the United States by France on the 100th anniversary of its construction. The statue was built between 1884 and 1886 by Frederic Bartholdi. The steel skeleton of the statue was made by Gustave Eiffel, and the founder of the foundation was Richard Morris.

The statue has a torch in his right hand and a table in his left. At the top of the table is written July 4, 1776 (Date of Independence). The torch has 7 ends representing 7 seas. The statue is 46 m long and 93 m with the base. From the inside of the statue, tourists can climb the stairs, which consist of 168 steps. The statue's right hand holding the torch is 23 meters long. About 15 people can walk side by side in the space around the torch. The width of the head of the statue is 2 meters, and the length of the crown on the head is 5 meters.

The Statue of Liberty is open to all tourists who want to see it. All you have to do is go to Liberty Island in New York, where the statue is located, to see it, to climb the stairs to see the sights of New York.

The statue was modeled by Isabelle Eufenie Boyer, the wife of Isaac Singer, the builder of Singer sewing machines. One year after the Statue of Liberty was built in France in 1884, it was divided into 350 pieces and brought to New York in 214 boxes. The pieces were rebuilt in four months on the foundation, and on October 28, 1886, it was announced to open in front of thousands of spectators.

The Statue of Liberty was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1984.

Copies of this statue are also available in other cities. In Paris, for example, there is a replica of the Statue of Liberty. It was built with the specimen facing the Atlantic Ocean. One of them was built in Paris, facing the Atlantic Ocean. Other copies of the statue are available in Nevada, Beijing, Osaka and Bordeaux.