Manhattan District Area - 59.47 km ². The population of Manhattan - 1,629 million. This
is one of the smallest and most densely populated districts of
SShA.Manhetten famous for its highest skyscrapers such as the Empire
State Building, the Chrysler Building , the Woolworth Building , Met
Life Tower, Wall Street , 40 , Rockefeller Center , the Headquarters UN office , etc
Like any big city , Manhattan is divided into parts. Officially, the city is divided into 12 districts (Community Districts). Benchmarks for determining the informal division of the island on large areas (Regions), are:
Fifth Avenue , Central Park ,96 -th Street ,14 -th Street.
As
in other districts of the city of New York, in Manhattan, there is no
full of county government , but it has some organs , such as the clerk ,
the court , the prosecutor . At the head of boro president is elected by the Borough . At the present time - it's a Democrat Scott Stringer , took up his duties in January 2006 . The president Borough substantial power net.Manhetten is historically one of the strongholds of the Democratic Party. Since 1924 , Manhattan had never voted for a Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency . Members of the Republican Party in a minority of voters. Only in relatively conservative areas - the Upper East Side and Wall Street - they make up more than 20%.