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New York (official name in English, State of New York) is one of the 50
states of the United States of America, located in the Mid-Atlantic region
of the country, to the northeast of it. Its capital is Albany. It is the largest center
financial and commercial of the United States, as well as its largest center
industrial. With its 19 million inhabitants, New York is the third state
most populated in the country.
It should not be confused with the homonymous city, the City of New York.
(official name: City of New York, or, informal form: New York City), located
in the southernmost part of the state. Therefore, the state is often referred to as State of
New York. The City of New York is not only the largest city in the state,
with its 10.5 million inhabitants (about half of the state population),
but also the largest city in the United States.
The nickname of New York is Empire State. Historians
They believe that this nickname comes from a comment made by George Washington —
he once remarked that New York was the center of the Empire (American). The
The motto of the state is Excelsior, a Latin word that means "Always Upward."
Always at the Summit
New York was originally colonized by the Dutch, who named it
the region New Netherlands (official name: New Netherlands). Also
They established a settlement on the island of Manhattan, called New Amsterdam.
When England captured the state of the Dutch, the English
they renamed both the state and the city located in Manhattan to
New York. New York was one of the thirteen British colonies that...
they rebelled in the American War of Independence. In this state
One third of all the battles of the war took place.
After the war, New York became the 11th state to enter the Union.
on July 26, 1788. It became the most populated in the country by around
1810 (independence of Mexico), although it was surpassed by California in the
the 1960s and Texas in the 1990s.
