The Bronx

The Bronx
The Bronx
	Borough of New York City
Bronx County
	Concourse Village and Yankee Stadium
	Motto: "Ne cede malis" - "Yield Not To Evil"
	The Bronx is shown in orange.
	Coordinates: 40°50′14″N 73°53′10″W / 40.83722°N 73.88611°WCoordinates: 40°50′14″N 73°53′10″W / 40.83722°N 73.88611°W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Bronx
City	New York City
Borough created	1898 (County in 1914)
Government
• Type	Borough (New York City)
• Borough President	Ruben Diaz, Jr.; — (Borough of the Bronx)
• District Attorney	Robert T. Johnson; — (Bronx County)
Area
• Total	57 sq mi (150 km2)
• Land	42 sq mi (110 km2)
• Water	15 sq mi (40 km2)
Highest elevation	280 ft (90 m)
Population (July 1, 2012)
• Total	1,408,473
• Density	32,393/sq mi (12,507/km2)
	(2012 pop. as estimated in July 2012; density is July 2006 est. pop. on land area as of 2000)
Time zone	Eastern Time Zone (North America) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
ZIP Code	104 + two digits
Area code(s)	347, 718, 917. 646.

The Bronx is the northern part of New York City, United States. The name came from Bronck's Farms, owned by a settler called Jonas Bronck. The Bronx River flows south out of Yonkers and Mount Vernon, New York, through the middle of The Bronx, and into Long Island Sound. The Bronx was once the southern part of Westchester County, New York. The New York Yankees baseball team plays there.

References

↑ U.S. Census Bureau, County and City Data Book:2007 Table B-1, Area and Population, retrieved on July 12, 2008. New York County (Manhattan) was the nation's most densely-populated county, followed by Kings County (Brooklyn), Bronx County, Queens County and San Francisco, California.