Located on Manhattan island at the mouth of the Hudson River. As of Oct 2010 Manhattan's population is 1,620,867 and has 22.96 square mile of land which give it a population density of 70,595 people per square mile. There are also several smaller island that are part Manhattan: Roosevelt Island, Randall's Island, Ward's Island, Governors Island, Liberty Island and Belmont Island. It was settled in 1624 and was called New Amsterdam.
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