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The Bronx
Bronx County, New York
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Motto(s):
Ne cede malis
? "Yield Not To Evil"
(lit. "Yield Not to Evil Things")
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Location of the Bronx, shown in red, in New York City
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Coordinates:
40°50′14″N
73°53′10″W
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40.83722°N 73.88611°W
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40.83722; -73.88611
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Country
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United States of America
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State
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New York
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County
| Bronx
(Coterminous)
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City
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New York City
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Borough created
| 1898 (
County
in 1914)
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Named for
| Jonas Bronck
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? Type
| Borough (New York City)
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Borough President
| Vanessa Gibson
(
D
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(Borough of the Bronx)
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District Attorney
| Darcel Clark
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(Bronx County)
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? Total
| 57.37 sq mi (148.59 km
2
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? Land
| 42.17 sq mi (109.22 km
2
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? Water
| 15.20 sq mi (39.36 km
2
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Highest elevation
| 280 ft (90 m)
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? Total
| 1,472,654
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? Density
| 34,920/sq mi (13,480/km
2
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Time zone
| UTC?5
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EST
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? Summer (
DST
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| UTC?4
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EDT
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ZIP Code
format
| 104xx
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Area code(s)
| 718, 347, 929, 917
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Website
| Official website of the Bronx Borough President
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The Bronx
is the northern part of
New York City
,
United States
. It is the only
borough
of New York City not on an
island
. The name came from Bronck's Farms, owned by a
settler
called Jonas Bronck. The Bronx was once the southern part of
Westchester County
, but is now one of the five
boroughs
of New York City as well as a
county
in New York State called
Bronx County
. The Bronx River flows south out of
Yonkers
and
Mount Vernon, New York
, through the middle of The Bronx, and into
Long Island Sound
.
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source?
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Two places to visit in The Bronx are the
Bronx Zoo
and the
Yankee Stadium
, where the
New York Yankees
baseball team plays.
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source?
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