Newark, New Jersey
| Newark, New Jersey | |||
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| City of Newark | |||
Part of Newark skyline as seen from Harrison
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| Nickname(s): "The Brick City", "The Gateway City" | |||
 Map of Newark in Essex County. Inset: Location of Essex County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Newark, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°43′27″N 74°10′21″W / 40.72422°N 74.172574°WCoordinates: 40°43′27″N 74°10′21″W / 40.72422°N 74.172574°W | |||
| Country |  United States |
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Essex | ||
| Incorporated | October 31, 1693 (as township) | ||
| Reincorporated | April 11, 1836 (as city) | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) | ||
| • Body | City Council | ||
| • Mayor | Ras Baraka (term ends June 30, 2018) | ||
| • Administrator | Jack Kelly | ||
| • Clerk | Kenneth Louis | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 26.107 sq mi (67.617 km2) | ||
| • Land | 24.187 sq mi (62.644 km2) | ||
| • Water | 1.920 sq mi (4.973 km2) 7.35% | ||
| Area rank | 103rd of 566 in state 1st of 22 in county |
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| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) | ||
| Population (2010 Census) | |||
| • Total | 277,140 | ||
| • Estimate (2015) | 281,944 | ||
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67th in country 1st of 566 in state 1st of 22 in county |
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| • Density | 11,458.3/sq mi (4,424.1/km2) | ||
| • Density rank | 23rd of 566 in state 4th of 22 in county |
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| Demonym(s) | Newarker | ||
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC−5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC−4) | ||
| ZIP codes | 07101-07108, 07112, 07114 | ||
| Area code(s) | 862/973 | ||
| FIPS code | 3401351000 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0885317 | ||
| Website | www |
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Newark (/ˈnuː.ərk/ or also locally /nʊərk/) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County. As one of the nation's major air, shipping, and rail hubs, the city had a population of 277,140 in 2010, making it the nation's 67th most-populous municipality, after being ranked 63rd in the nation in 2000. For 2015, the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 281,944, an increase of 1.7% from the 2010 enumeration, ranking the city the 70th largest in the nation. Newark is the second largest city in the New York metropolitan area, located approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of lower Manhattan.
Settled in 1666 by Puritans from New Haven Colony, Newark is one of the oldest European cities in the United States. Its location at the mouth of the Passaic River (where it flows into Newark Bay), has made the city's waterfront an integral part of the Port of New York and New Jersey. Today, Port Newark-Elizabeth is the primary container shipping terminal of the busiest seaport on the American East Coast. In addition, Newark Liberty International Airport was the first municipal commercial airport in the United States, and today is one of its busiest.
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