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The city and its metropolitan area constitute the premier gateway for what? A: Legal immigration to the United States. How many languages are spoken in New York? A: As many as 800, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. New York City is home to how many residents born outside the United States? A: More than 3.2 million, the largest foreign-born population of any city in the world. A: US$1.73 trillion. If greater New York City were a sovereign state, where would it rank for GDP in the world? A: 12th. New York is home to the highest number of “whom" of any city in the world? A: Billionaires. New York City traces its origins to what? A: To a trading post founded by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan. What was the post named? A: New Amsterdam. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to whom? A: His brother, the Duke of York. When did New York serve as the capital of the United States? A: From 1785 until 1790. A: Since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is an international symbol of what? A: The United States and its ideals of liberty and peace. Many districts and landmarks in New York City are well known; with the city having how many of the world's ten most visited tourist attractions in 2013? A: Three. How many tourists visited New York in 2017? A: A record 62.8 million. Several sources have ranked New York the most what? A: The most photographed city in the world. Times Square, iconic as the world's "heart" and its "Crossroads", is the brightly illuminated hub of what? A: The Broadway Theater District , one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. The names of many of the city's landmarks, skyscrapers, and parks are what? A: Known around the world. A: The most expensive in the world. New York is home to the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of where? A: Asia, with multiple signature Chinatowns developing across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service, the New York City Subway is the what? A: The largest single-operator rapid transit system worldwide, with 472 rail stations. How many colleges and universities are located in New York City? A: Over 120 including Columbia University, New York University, and Rockefeller University, which have been ranked among the top universities in the world. Anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading what? A: Financial center of the world. The city is home to what two stock exchanges? A: The New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. In 1664, the city was named in honor of the Duke of York, who would become what? A: King James II of England. A: A large ice sheet over 1,000 feet (300 m) in depth. The erosive forward movement of the ice contributed to the separation of what is now Long Island and what? A: Staten Island. That action also left bedrock where? A: At a relatively shallow depth, providing a solid foundation for most of Manhattan's skyscrapers. In the precolonial era, the area of present-day New York City was inhabited by whom? A: Algonquian Native Americans, including the Lenape. When was the first documented visit into New York Harbor by a European ? A: It was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown. He claimed the area for France and named it what? A Spanish expedition led by captain Estêvão Gomes, a Portuguese sailing for Emperor Charles V, arrived in New York Harbor in January 1525 and charted the mouth of what? Who is credited with the purchase of the island of Manhattan in 1626? In 1609, the English explorer Henry Hudson rediscovered the New York Harbor while searching for what? Hudson sailed roughly 150 miles (240 km) north, past the site of the present-day New York State capital city of Albany, in the belief that what? He made a ten-day exploration of the area and claimed the region for whom? In 1614, the area between Cape Cod and Delaware Bay was claimed by the Netherlands and called what? Who was the first non-Native American inhabitant of what would eventually become New York City?
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