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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 | |
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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]
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Airport | T.F. Green State Airport (Providence, RI) – PVD (Regional/State) |
Website | http://www.providenceri.com |
Providence haes fower sister ceeties designatit bi Sister Cities International:[7]
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