new york

new york

New York is called " THE BIG APPLE "

• 8 million people

Native Americans were the first people who lived in New York

Mana - Hatin means hilly island . today it's know as Manhattan

*1525 Giovanni da Verrazano was the first European to arrive near New York

• 1626 a Dutchman bought manhattan island for $24 and called it "New amsterdam"

• 1664 people from England occupied the island and called it New York in honour of the Duke of York

the boroughs :

the bronx

queens

manhattan

brookllyn

Staten Island

in manhattan there are several districts :

the statue of liberty is the most famous monument

Time Square is the heart of New York

Central Park , four kilometres long and 800 metres wide

it is not a natural park, but a man-made one

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