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New York : New York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U.S. postal abbreviation is NY. It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. [br]History of New York: The Dutch were the first European settlers in the colony known as New Netherland (Nova Belgica in Latin). Fort Nassau was founded near Albany, New York in 1614 and abandoned in 1618. About thirty Walloon families settled on the shores of the Hudson River near what is present day New York City and on the Delaware River around 1624. The Dutch also established Fort Oranje near present-day Albany in 1624. New Amsterdam was established on the island of Manhattan a year later by Peter Minuit. After the English took over in the 1660s, the colony was renamed New York, after the Duke of York, the future King James II of England. On November 1, 1683, the government was reorganized into a pattern still followed, and the state was divided into twelve counties, each of which was subdivided into towns. Ten of those counties still exist (see below), but two (Cornwall and Dukes) were in territory purchased by the Duke of York from the Earl of Sterling, and are no longer within the territory of the State of New York, having been transferred by treaty to Massachusetts, Dukes in 1686 and Cornwall in 1692. (Cornwall County became a large portion of the State of Maine when that state was detached from Massachusetts in 1819; Dukes County is still a county in Massachusetts.) While the number of counties has been increased to 62, the pattern still remains that a town in New York State is a subdivision of a county, rather than an incorporated municipality as in most (but not all) other States. New York was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. [br]Capital: Albany; Largest city: New York; Governor George: Pataki; Official languages: None; Area: 141,205 km� (27th) - Land 122,409 km� - Water 18,795 km� (13.3%); Population (2000): - Population 18,976,457 (3rd) - Density 155.18 /km� (6th); Admittance into Union: - Date July 26, 1788 - Order 11th; Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4; Latitude 40�29'40"N to 45�0'42"N; Longitude 71�47'25"W to 79�45'54"W; Width: 455 km; Length 530 km; Elevation: - Highest 1,629 m - Mean 305 m - Lowest 0 m. [br] [br] [br] [br] [br] [br]

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