The biggest U.S. cities.pptx
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The biggest U. S. cities Prepared : Sergiy Shvets
Plan: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. New York Los Angeles Chicago Houston Washington Las Vegas
New York - the largest city in the United States, located on the Atlantic coast near the mouth of the Hudson River. The population is 8. 4 million residents, metropolitan - 19 million. Major tourist destinations include the Empire State Building; Statue of Liberty; Ellis Island; Broadway; Central Park; Times Square.
Los Angeles - with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3, 792, 621, is the most populous city in the state of California, and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of 468. 67 square miles (1, 213. 8 km 2), and is located in Southern California. Often known by its initials LA, the city is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan statistical area, which contains 12, 828, 837 people as of 2010, and is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world and the second largest in the United States.
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2. 7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles. Its metropolitan area, sometimes called "Chicagoland, " is the third largest in the United States the largest in the Great Lakes Megalopolis, and the 27 th most populous urban agglomeration in the world, with an estimated 9. 8 million people in the three US states of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana.
HOUSTON Houston is the largest city in the state of Texas, and the fourth-largest city in the United States. According to the 2010 U. S. Census, the city had a population of 2. 1 million people within an area of 579 square miles (1, 500 km 2). Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, which is the sixthlargest metropolitan area in the U. S. of nearly 6 million people.
Washington (born Washington, DC) - U. S. capital. City is not included in any of U. S. states, administratively is DC. Located on the Potomac River. Area - 180 km ². Population - 582, 049 inhabitants (2005) (with the suburbs outside the District of Columbia - more than 5 million). Residence located in Washington U. S. President (White House), Congress, Supreme Court, the State Department, Department of Defense (Pentagon in suburban Arlington) and other government agencies.
Las Vegas (English Las Vegas) - a city in western U. S. state of Nevada, Clark County Administrative Center, located in the central Mojave Desert, the population of 552, 000 inhabitants (2006). Las Vegas is one of the world's largest entertainment and gaming business. Numerous casinos, hotels, daily concerts and shows attract tourists from around the world.
The biggest U.S. cities.pptx