Buffalo, New York
Appearance
Buffalo, New York | |
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Ceety o Buffalo | |
![]() Clockwise: Buffalo skyline frae I-190 North enterin dountoun, Buffalo skyline at dusk, Peace Brig, Buffalo Savings Bank, Erie Coonty haw, Niagara Squerr, an the Art Deco Buffalo Ceety Haw | |
![]() Location o Buffalo in New York State | |
Location in the Unitit States o Americae | |
Coordinates: 42°54′17″N 78°50′58″W / 42.90472°N 78.84944°WCoordinates: 42°54′17″N 78°50′58″W / 42.90472°N 78.84944°W | |
Kintra | Unitit States |
State | New York |
Coonty | Erie |
First settled (veelage) | 1789 |
Foondit | 1801 |
Incorporatit (ceety) | 1832 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Byron Brown (D) |
• Common Cooncil | Ceety cooncil |
Area | |
• Ceety | 136.0 km2 (52.5 sq mi) |
• Laund | 105.2 km2 (40.6 sq mi) |
• Water | 30.8 km2 (11.9 sq mi) |
Elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
Population (2013) | |
• Ceety | 258,959 (US: 73rd) |
• Density | 2568.8/km2 (6436.2/sq mi) |
• Urban | 935,906 (US: 46t) |
• Metro | 1,134,210 (US: 49t) |
• CSA | 1213668 (US: 44t) |
Demonym(s) | Buffalonian |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 14200 |
Area code(s) | 716 |
FIPS code | 36-11000 |
GNIS featur ID | 0973345 |
Website | www.city-buffalo.com |
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Buffalo is the seicont maist populous ceety in the state o New York, efter New York Ceety.[3] Locatit in Wastren New York on the eastren shores of Lake Erie an at the heid o the Niagara River athort frae Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat o Erie Coonty[4] an the principal ceety o the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan aurie, the lairgest in Upstate New York. Dountoun Buffalo is locatit 17 miles (27 km) sooth o Niagara Falls. Buffalo itsel haes a population o 261,310 (2010 Census) an the Buffalo–Niagara–Cattaraugus Combined Statistical Area is hame tae 1,215,826 residents.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns — Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Buffalo haes a nummer o sister ceeties as designatit bi Sister Cities International (SCI):
Lille, Fraunce (1989)
Wolverhampton, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick
Dortmund, Germany (1972)
Pescasseroli, Italy
Siena, Italy (1961)
Torremaggiore, Italy
Saint Ann, Jamaica (2007)
Kanazawa, Japan (1962)
Rzeszów, Poland (1974)
Tver, Roushie (1989)
Pairtnerships
[eedit | eedit soorce]Buffalo an aa haes pairtnerships wi the follaein touns:
Cape Coast, Ghana
Lunnonderry, Northren Ireland, UK
Drohobych, Ukraine (2001)
Horlivka, Ukraine (2007)
Juba, Sooth Sudan
Kiryat Gat, Israel
Marília, Brazil
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ First White Settlement and Black Joe – Buffalo, NY. The Buffalonian. Retrieved April 15, 2008. Archived 2015-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Village of Buffalo 1801 to 1832. The Buffalonian. Retrieved April 15, 2008. Archived 2015-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". Archived frae the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 14 Juin 2013.
- ↑ Erie County Government: Overview Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine. Erie County (New York) Government Home Page. Retrieved April 16, 2008.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Ceety o Buffalo, New York Archived 2010-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
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