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americas-florists.com directory
of florists in New York, USA
The Dutch were the first settlers in New York,
establishing Fort Orange near Albany in 1624 and New Amsterdam on
the island of Manhattan a year later. After the English took over
in the 1660s, the colony was renamed New York, after the Duke of
York. One of the original 13 states to join the Union (it entered
in 1788), New York is known as the "Empire State." The
state includes everything from skyscrapers in Manhattan to
rivers, mountains, and lakes in upstate New York. Today, New York
has the second highest population in the nation (after
California), and remains the financial center of the country. The
state flower is the rose, and the capital is Albany.
State Flower: Rose
State Motto: Ever upward
State Nickname: Empire State
State Bird: bluebird
Land area: 47,224 sq mi. - Length: 330 miles - Width: 283 miles
10 largest cities (1999 est.): New York,
7,428,162; Buffalo, 295,619; Rochester, 214,470; Yonkers,
191,458; Syracuse, 150,563; Albany, 93,994; New Rochelle, 67,545;
Mount Vernon, 66,898; Schenectady, 60,784; Utica, 58,750; - Persons per square mile (1999): 385.3
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