Detroit

Detroit (frae the French: Détroit) is the lairgest ceety in the US state o Michigan an the seat o Wayne Coonty. Detroit is a major port ceety on the Detroit River, in the Midwast region o the Unitit States. Locatit north o Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the anerlie major^[4] U.S. ceety that leuks sooth tae Canadae. It wis foondit on 24 Julie 1701 bi the Frenchman Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.

Detroit
Ceety
Skyline o Detroit
Banner Seal
Eik-name(s):  The Motor City, Motown, Renaissance City, The D, Hockeytown, The Automotive Capital of the World, Rock City, The 313
Motto(s):  Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Laitin: We Howp For Better Things; It Shall Rise Fae the Ashes)
Location athin Wayne Coonty, Michigan an the state o Michigan
Detroit Location athin the contiguous Unitit States o Americae
Coordinates: 42°19′53″N 83°02′45″W[1]
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Michigan
Coonty	Wayne
Foondit	1701
Incorporatit	1806
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor-Cooncil
• Mayor	Dave Bing (D)
• Ceety Cooncil	Members Charles Pugh – Cooncil Preses Gary Brown – Cooncil Preses Pro-Tem JoAnn Watson Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. Saunteel Jenkins Andre Spivey James Tate Brenda Jones Kwame Kenyatta
Area
• Ceety	370 km2 (143.0 sq mi)
• Laund	359 km2 (138.8 sq mi)
• Water	11 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
• Urban	3,350 km2 (1295 sq mi)
• Metro	10,130 km2 (3913 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	200 m (600 ft)
Population  (2011)[2][3]
• Ceety	706,585
• Rank	18t in U.S.
• Density	1,985/km2 (5142/sq mi)
• Urban	3,863,924
• Metro	4,285,832 (US: 13t)
• CSA	5207434 (US: 11t)
Demonym(s)	Detroiter
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	313
FIPS code	26-22000
GNIS featur ID	1617959[1]
Major airport	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Coonty Airport (DTW)
Website	DetroitMI.gov

Kent as the automotive centre o the warld,^[5] "Detroit" is a metonym fur the American automobile industry an a important soorce o popular muisic legacies celebratit bi the ceety's twa kenspeckle eiknames, The Motor Ceety an Motoun.^[6][7]

Sister ceeties

Detroit haes seiven sister ceeties, as designate bi Sister Cities International: ^[8]

• Toyota, Japan^[9]
• Dubai, Unitit Arab Emirates
• Chennai, Indie
• Turin, Italy^[10]
• Kitwe, Zambie
• Minsk, Belaroushie
• Nassau, Bahamas
• Chongqing, Cheenae

Detroit haes a lang an gey close relationship wi nearbi:

• Windsor, Ontario, Canadae