New York and other big cities in the USA

New York is the biggest city in the USA. The number of inhabitants is about 18 million. It belongs to the largest cities in the world. It is sometimes called "The Big Apple". New York has five major parts: Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island (Richmond) and Brooklyn. The black quarter - Harlem - is in northern part of Manhattan.

The original inhabitants were Indians, which is remembered by the name of the oldest part - Manhattan Island. This island was bought by the Dutch in 17th century for goods worth 25. US dollars The original name was New Amsterdam. In southern part of Manhattan there used to be a wall against Indians, now there is Wall Street - the centre of financial life.