Boston

Boston (pronooncit /ˈbɒstən/ ( listen)) is the caipital o an maistmuckle city in Massachusetts, an is ane o the auldest cities in the Unitit States. The maistmuckle city in New Ingland, Boston is regardit as the unoffeecial "Caipital o New Ingland" for its economic an cultural impact on the hale o the New Ingland airt.^[9] The city proper haed a 2009 estimatit population o 645,169 fowk, makin it the twintiet maistmuckle city in the kintra.^[3] Boston is the anchor o a substantially bigger metropolitan area cried Greater Boston as weel, hame tae 4.5 million fowk an the tent-maistmuckle metropolitan area in the kintra.^[6] Greater Boston as a commutin region includes sax Massachusetts coonties: Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Plymouth, Worcester,^[10] northren Bristol Coonty, aw o Rhode Island an pairts o New Hampshire; it is hame tae 7.6 million fowk, makkin it the fift-maistmuckle Combined Statistical Area in the Unitit States.^[7][11]

Boston
City
City of Boston
Banner Seal
Eik-name(s):  Beantown,[1] The Hub,[1] The Cradle of Liberty,[2] The Cradle of Modern America,[1] The Athens of America,[2] The Walking City[1]
Motto(s):  Sicut patribus sit Deus nobis (Latin "As God wis wi oor faithers, so mey He be wi us")
Location in Massachusetts heichlichtit in reid. The remainder o Suffolk Coonty is heichlichtit in pink.
Boston Location in the Unitit States
Coordinates: 42°21′29″N 71°03′49″W
Kintra	Unitit States
Historic Kintras	Kinrick o Ingland, Kinrick o Great Breetain
State	Massachusetts
Historic Colony	Province o Massachusetts Bay
Coonty	Suffolk
Settled (toun)	7 September 1630 (date o namin, O.S.)
Incorporatit (ceety)	4 Mairch 1822
Govrenment
• Teep	Strang mayor – cooncil
• Mayor	Thomas M. Menino (D), tae be succeedit bi Marty Walsh (D)
• Cooncil	Boston City Council
Area
• City	232 km2 (90 sq mi)
• Laund	125 km2 (48 sq mi)
• Water	107 km2 (41 sq mi)
• Urban	4600 km2 (1770 sq mi)
• Metro	11700 km2 (4500 sq mi)
• CSA	27600 km2 (10600 sq mi)
Elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Population  (2012)[3][4][5][6][7]
• City	636,479 (US: 21st)
• Density	4980/km2 (12,900/sq mi)
• Urban	4,180,000 (US: 10th)
• Metro	4,590,000 (US: 10t)
• CSA	7600000 (US: 6t)
• Demonym	Bostonian
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	53 total ZIP codes:[8] 02108–02137, 02163, 02196, 02199, 02201, 02203, 02204, 02205, 02206, 02210, 02211, 02212, 02215, 02217, 02222, 02228, 02241, 02266, 02283, 02284, 02293, 02295, 02297, 02298, 02467 (02467 also includes parts of Newton and Brookline)
Area code(s)	617 and 857
FIPS code	25-07000
GNIS feature ID	0617565
Website	cityofboston.gov

Sister cities

Boston haes aicht offeecial sister ceeties as recognised bi Sister Cities International.^[12] The date column indicates the year in which the relationship wis established. Kyoto wis Boston's first sister ceety.

Ceety	Kintra	Date	References
Kyoto	Japan	1959	[13]
Strasbourg	Fraunce	1960	[14][15]
Barcelona	Spain	1980	[16][17]
Hangzhou	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae	1982	[12]
Padua	Italy	1983	[18]
Melbourne	Australie	1985	[19]
Taipei	Republic o Cheenae (Taiwan)	1996	[20]
Sekondi-Takoradi	Ghana	2001	[12]

Boston an aa haes less formal friendship or pairtnership relationships wi a additional three ceeties.

Ceety	Kintra	Date	References
Boston, Lincolnshire	Unitit Kinrick	1999	[21][22]
Haifa	Israel	1999	[23]
Valladolid	Spain	2007	[24]