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Capital	Albany
Nickname	Empire State / Excelsior State
Motto	Excelsior (Ever upward)
Statehood	July 26, 1788 (11th)
Origin of State's Name	Named after England's Duke of York.
Largest Cities	New York, Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, Syracuse
Border States	Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont
Area	47,224 sq.mi., 30th largest
State Bird	Bluebird
State Flower	Rose (rosa)
State Tree	Sugar Maple (acer saccharum)
State Song	I Love New York
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. Niagara Falls is one of the chief attractions. New York is the leading center of banking, finance and communication in the United States. Much of the state's greatness lies in exciting New York City, the largest city in the United States and the fourth largest city in the world; its many theaters, museums, and musical organizations make it one of the cultural centers of the Western Hemisphere.

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