Charleston, Wast Virginie
Charleston is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the State o Wast Virginie. It is locatit at the confluence o the Elk an Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha Coonty. As o the 2013 Census Estimate, it haed a population o 50,821, whilk its metropolitan aurie haed 224,743. It is a centre o govrenment, commerce, an industry.[6] Early industries important tae Charleston includit salt an the first natural gas well.[7] Later, coal became central tae economic prosperity in the ceety an the surroondin aurie. The day, trade, utilities, govrenment, medicine, an eddication play central roles in the ceety's economy.
Charleston, Wast Virginie | |
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| City of Charleston | |
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| Eik-name(s): Hammertown, U.S.A., Charlie West[1] | |
 Location in Kanawha Coonty an the state o Wast Virginie. | |
  Charleston, Wast Virginie Location in the Unitit States | |
| Coordinates: 38°20′50″N 81°38′0″W / 38.34722°N 81.63333°WCoordinates: 38°20′50″N 81°38′0″W / 38.34722°N 81.63333°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | Wast Virginie |
| Coonty | Kanawha |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Danny Jones (R) |
| • Ceety Cooncil | Members list
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| Area | |
| • City | 84.59 km2 (32.66 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 81.64 km2 (31.52 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.95 km2 (1.14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 182-292 m (597-957 (varies due tae moontains) ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 51,400 |
| • Estimate (2015)[4] | 49,736 |
| • Rank | US: 745th |
| • Density | 629.6/km2 (1630.7/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 153,199 (US: 214t) |
| • Metro | 222,878 (US: 198t) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 25301-25306, 25309, 25311-25315, 25317, 25320-25339, 25350, 25356-25358, 25360-25362, 25364-25365, 25375, 25387, 25389, 25392, 25396, 25064 |
| Area code(s) | 304/681 |
| FIPS code | 54-14600 |
| GNIS featur ID | 1558347[5] |
| Website | cityofcharleston.org |
References
eedit- ↑ "I'm Charlie West". Charleston Convention & Visitors Bureau. Archived frae the original on 20 Juin 2015. Retrieved 5 Juin 2015.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived frae the original on 20 Februar 2011. Retrieved 24 Januar 2013. Unknown parameter
|dead-url=ignored (help) - ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 24 Januar 2013.
- ↑ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 19 Juin 2015.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "Nielsen US Media Market rankings" (PDF).
- ↑ "First Natural Gas Well - West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia". Wvexp.com. 10 December 2005. Archived frae the original on 15 Mairch 2013. Retrieved 12 Mairch 2013.
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- City of Charleston, WV Archived 1998-12-05 at the Wayback Machine