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New York, also called New York State to differentiate it from the city of New York, is one of fifty states that, together with Washington D. C., form the United States of America. Its capital is Albany and its most populous city, the city of New York. It is located in the Northeast region of the country, Middle Atlantic Division, bounded on the north by Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River that separate it from Canada, on the east by Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut, on the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and to the west with Lake Erie and the Niagara River, which separate it again from Canada.

With 19 378 102 inhabitants in 2010 it is the third most populous state - behind California and Texas - and with 137.14 inhabitants / km² it is the seventh most densely populated - behind Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Jersey-. He was admitted to the Union on July 26,1788, as the 11th state. It is the largest financial and commercial center of the United States, as well as its largest industrial center. It should not be confused with the homonymous city, the city of New York, located in the extreme south of the state. Therefore, the state is often called "New York State." The city of New York is not only the largest city in the state, with its 8.5 million inhabitants, about half of the state population, but also the largest city in the United States. The nickname of New York is «Empire State».

Historians believe that this nickname comes from a comment made by George Washington who once commented that New York was the center of the American Empire. The motto of the state is "Excelsior", a Latin word that means "always up","always at the top" or "highest still". New York was originally colonized by the Dutch, who called the region New Netherlands. They also founded a settlement on the island of Manhattan, called New Amsterdam. When England captured the status of the Dutch, the English renamed "New York" both the region and the city located in Manhattan. New York was one of the thirteen British colonies that rebelled in the War of Independence of the United States. In this state one third of all battles of the war took place. After the war, New York became the 11th state to enter the Union, on July 26,1788.

It became the most populous in the country around 1810, although it was surpassed by California in the 1960s, by Texas in the 1990s and by Florida in the 2010s.