Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the caipital an maist muckle ceety of the state o Rhode Island an wis ane o the first ceeties established in the Unitit States.^[3] Locatit in Providence Coonty, it is the third lairgest ceety in the New Ingland region. The ceety proper population o 178,042 anchors the 37t lairgest metropolitan population in the kintra, wi an estimatit MSA population o 1,600,856, exceedin that o Rhode Island bi aboot 60% due tae its reachin intae soothren Massachusetts.^[4][5][6] This MSA in turn is pairt o the lairger Greater Boston commutin aurie, which contains 7.6 million fowk. Situatit at the mooth of the Providence River, at the heid o Narragansett Bay, the ceety's smaw fuitprint is crisscrossed bi seemingly erratic streets an contains a rapidly chyngin demographic.

City of Providence
Ceety
Eik-name(s):  The Creative Capital, Beehive of Industry, The Renaissance City, The Divine City
Motto(s):  What cheer?
Location o Providence in Providence Coonty, Rhode Island.
Coordinates: 41°49′25″N 71°25′20″W
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Rhode Island
Coonty	Providence
Govrenment
• Mayor	Brett P. Smiley (D)
Area
• Ceety	53 km2 (20.5 sq mi)
• Laund	48 km2 (18.5 sq mi)
• Water	5 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Elevation	23 m (75 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Ceety	178,042
• Density	3,840/km2 (9950/sq mi)
• Metro	1,630,956
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	02901-02912, 02918, 02919, 02940
Area code(s)	401
FIPS code	44-59000[1]
GNIS feature ID	1219851[2]
Airport	T.F. Green State Airport (Providence, RI) – PVD (Regional/State)
Website	http://www.providenceri.com

Sister ceeties

Providence haes fower sister ceeties designatit bi Sister Cities International:^[7]

• Phnom Penh
• Florence
• Riga
• Santo Domingo
• Guatemala Ceety