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　　NewYorkCity(officiallytheCityofNewYork)isthelargestcityintheUnitedStatesandoneoftheworld'smajorglobalcities.LocatedinthestateofNewYork,thecityhasapopulationofover8.2millionwithinanareaof321squaremiles(approximately830km²),makingitthemostdenselypopulatedmajorcityinNorthAmerica.Withapopulationof18.7million,theNewYorkMetropolitanAreaisoneofthelargesturbanareasintheworld,

　　NewYorkCityisaninternationalcenterforbusiness,finance,fashion,medicine,entertainment,media,andculture,withanextraordinarycollectionofmuseums,galleries,performancevenues,mediaoutlets,internationalcorporations,andfinancialmarkets.ThecityisalsohometotheheadquartersoftheUnitedNations,andtomanyoftheworld'smostfamousskyscrapers.

　　Popularlyknownasthe"BigApple"andthe"CityThatNeverSleeps",thecityattractspeoplefromallovertheglobewhocomeforNewYorkCity'seconomicopportunity,culture,andfast-pacedcosmopolitanlifestyle.ThecityisalsocurrentlydistinguishedforhavingthelowestcrimerateamongmajorAmericancities.

　　PrehistoryintheareabeganwiththegeologicalformationofthepeculiarterritoryofwhatistodayNewYorkCity.TheareawaslonginhabitedbytheLenape;LenapeincanoesmetGiovannidaVerrazzano,thefirstEuropeanexplorertoenterNewYorkHarbor,in1524.GiovannidaVerrazzanonamedthisplaceNewAngoulêmeinthehonoroftheFrenchkingFrancisI.EuropeansettlementbeganwiththefoundingoftheDutchfurtradingsettlementinLowerManhattanin1613latercalledNewAmsterdam(NieuwAmsterdam)inthesoutherntipofManhattanin1624.Laterin1626,PeterMinuitestablishedalongtraditionofshrewdrealestateinvestingwhenhepurchasedManhattanIslandandStatenIslandfromnativepeopleinexchangefortradegoods.(Legend,nowlongdisproved,hasitthattheislandwaspurchasedfor$24worthofglassbeads.)Minuit'ssettlementwasalsoahavenforHuguenotsseekingreligiousliberty.

　　In1640,PeterStuyvesantwasappointedgovernor,andruledasamemberoftheDutchReformedChurch.Hecurtailedthecity'sreligiousfreedomsandclosedallofthecity'staverns.Thecolonywasgrantedself-governmentin1652.In1664,theBritishconqueredtheareaandrenameditNewYork.TheDutchregaineditinAugust1673,renamingthecity"NewOrange",beforecedingNewNetherlandpermanentlytotheEnglishforwhatisnowSurinaminNovember1674.