New York City is the largest city in the United States and one of the largest cities in the world. Population 8,363,710 people, with suburbs - 20.61 million. Located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern New York. New York was founded in the early seventeenth century by Dutch colonists. Until 1664 it was called "New Amsterdam".
New York includes 5 districts (borough): the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island. The main attractions are located in Manhattan. Among them: historic skyscrapers (Empire State Building, Chrysler Building), Rockefeller Center, Vulworth House, Metropolitan Art Museum, Metropolitan Opera, Solomon Guggenheim Museum of Contemporary Art (painting), American Museum of Natural History and Skeletons and Skeletons ), the legendary Chelsea Hotel, UN Headquarters, Harlem.
New York is the world's most important financial, political, economic and cultural center