Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the caipital an maist muckle ceety of the state o Rhode Island an wis ane o the first ceeties established in the Unitit States.[3] Locatit in Providence Coonty, it is the third lairgest ceety in the New Ingland region. The ceety proper population o 178,042 anchors the 37t lairgest metropolitan population in the kintra, wi an estimatit MSA population o 1,600,856, exceedin that o Rhode Island bi aboot 60% due tae its reachin intae soothren Massachusetts.[4][5][6] This MSA in turn is pairt o the lairger Greater Boston commutin aurie, which contains 7.6 million fowk. Situatit at the mooth of the Providence River, at the heid o Narragansett Bay, the ceety's smaw fuitprint is crisscrossed bi seemingly erratic streets an contains a rapidly chyngin demographic.
City of Providence | |
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| Eik-name(s): The Creative Capital, Beehive of Industry, The Renaissance City, The Divine City | |
| Motto(s): What cheer? | |
 Location o Providence in Providence Coonty, Rhode Island. | |
| Coordinates: 41°49′25″N 71°25′20″W / 41.82361°N 71.42222°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | Rhode Island |
| Coonty | Providence |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Brett P. Smiley (D) |
| Area | |
| • Ceety | 53 km2 (20.5 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 48 km2 (18.5 sq mi) |
| • Water | 5 km2 (2.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Ceety | 178,042 |
| • Density | 3,840/km2 (9950/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,630,956 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 02901-02912, 02918, 02919, 02940 |
| Area code(s) | 401 |
| FIPS code | 44-59000[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1219851[2]
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| Airport | T.F. Green State Airport (Providence, RI) – PVD (Regional/State) |
| Website | http://www.providenceri.com |
Sister ceeties
eeditProvidence haes fower sister ceeties designatit bi Sister Cities International:[7]
References
eedit- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "Providence: Introduction". Advameg, Inc. Retrieved 5 Juin 2007.
- ↑ "Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010 – United States – Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico more information 2010 Census National Summary File of Redistricting Data". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 14 Apryle 2011. Retrieved 7 Juin 2011.
- ↑ "May 2006 OEC Metropolitan Statistical Area definitions". US Department of Labor. Retrieved 9 Juin 2007.
- ↑ "Population Estimates for Places over 100,000: 2000 to 2009". US Census Bureau. Archived frae the original on 27 Juin 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
- ↑ "Mayor Announces Sister City – Meeting (7/30/2003)". Providence, RI, Office of the Mayor. Retrieved 17 Januar 2007.
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