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Key Overview
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Northeastern United States after New York City and Philadelphia. The larger Greater Boston metropolitan statistical area has a population of 4.
Etymology
Etymology
Isaac Johnson, in one of his last official acts as leader of the Charlestown community before his death on September 30, 1630, named the new settlement across the river "Boston" after Johnson's hometown of Boston, Lincolnshire, where he, his wife (namesake of the Arbella), and John Cotton (grandfather of Cotton Mather) emigrated to New England.
Geography
Geography
Boston has an area of 89.63 sq mi (232.1 km2). Of this area, 48.4 sq mi (125.4 km2), or 54%, of it is land and 41.2 sq mi (106.7 km2), or 46%, of it is water. The city's elevation, as measured at Logan International Airport, is 19 ft (5.8 m) above sea level. The highest point in Boston is Bellevue Hill at 330 ft (100 m) above sea level, and the lowest point is at sea level.
Demographics
Demographics
In the 2020 census, Boston was estimated to have 691,531 residents living in 266,724 households—a 12% population increase over 2010. The city is the third-most densely populated large U.S. city of over half a million residents, and the most densely populated state capital. Some 1.2 million persons may be within Boston's boundaries during work hours, and as many as 2 million during special events.
Economy
Economy
A global city, Boston is ranked among the top 30 most economically powerful cities in the world. Encompassing $610 billion, the Greater Boston metropolitan area has the eighth-largest economy in the country and 16th-largest in the world. Boston's colleges and universities exert a significant impact on the regional economy.
Government
Government
Boston has a strong mayor–council government system in which the mayor (elected every fourth year) has extensive executive power. Michelle Wu became mayor in November 2021, succeeding Kim Janey who became the Acting Mayor in March 2021 following Marty Walsh's confirmation to the position of Secretary of Labor in the Biden/Harris Administration.
Public safety
Public safety
Boston included $414 million in spending on the Boston Police Department in the fiscal 2021 budget. This is the second largest allocation of funding by the city after the allocation to Boston Public Schools. Like many major American cities, Boston has experienced a great reduction in violent crime since the early 1990s.
Arts and culture
Arts and culture
Boston shares many cultural roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the non-rhotic Eastern New England accent known as the Boston accent and a regional cuisine with a large emphasis on seafood, salt, and dairy products. Boston also has its own collection of neologisms known as Boston slang and sardonic humor.
Sports
Sports
Boston has teams in the four major North American men's professional sports leagues plus Major League Soccer. As of 2024, the city has won 40 championships in these leagues.
Parks and recreation
Parks and recreation
Boston Common, near the Financial District and Beacon Hill, is the oldest public park in the United States. Along with the adjacent Boston Public Garden, it is part of the Emerald Necklace, a string of parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted to run through the city.
International relations
International relations
The City of Boston has eleven official sister cities: Kyoto, Japan (1959) Strasbourg, France (1960) Barcelona, Spain (1980) Hangzhou, China (1982) Padua, Italy (1983) City of Melbourne, Australia (1985) Beira, Mozambique (1990) Taipei, Taiwan (1996) Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana (2001) Belfast, Northern Ireland (2014) Praia, Cape Verde (2015) Boston has formal partnership relationships throu.
See also
See also
Boston Citgo Sign Boston City League (high-school athletic conference) Boston nicknames Boston–Halifax relations List of diplomatic missions in Boston Outline of Boston National Register of Historic Places listings in Boston USS Boston, seven ships
External links
External links
Official website Visit Boston, official tourism website Geographic data related to Boston at OpenStreetMap "Boston" . The New Student's Reference Work . 1914. "Boston" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 290–296. Historical Maps of Boston from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library
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