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'''Manhattan''' ({{IPAc-en|m|æ|n|ˈ|h|æ|t|ən|,_|m|ə|n|-|audio=En-NYC-Manhattan.ogg}}) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the [[Boroughs of New York City|five boroughs]] of [[New York City]]. The borough is coextensive with '''New York County''', the smallest [[List of counties in New York|county]] by geographical area in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]]. Located almost entirely on Manhattan Island near the southern tip of the state, Manhattan constitutes the
Present-day Manhattan was originally part of [[Lenape]] territory.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last1=Burrows |first1=Edwin G. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47011419 |title=Gotham : a history of New York City to 1898 |last2=Wallace |first2=Mike |publisher=Oxford University Press |others=Mike Wallace |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-585-36462-9 |location=Oxford |pages=6–7 |oclc=47011419}}</ref> European settlement began with the establishment of a [[trading post]] by [[Dutch colonization of the Americas|Dutch colonists]] in 1624 on lower Manhattan Island; the post was named [[New Amsterdam]] in 1626. The territory and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King [[Charles II of England]] granted the lands to his brother, the [[James II of England|Duke of York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/kingston/colonization.htm |title=KINGSTON Discover 300 Years of New York History DUTCH COLONIES |publisher=National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=April 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123001850/http://www.nps.gov/nr//travel/kingston/colonization.htm |archive-date=November 23, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> New York, based in present-day Manhattan, served as the [[List of capitals in the United States#Capitals of the US|capital of the United States]] from 1785 until 1790.<ref name=senate>{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm |title=The Nine Capitals of the United States |publisher=[[United States Senate]] |access-date=April 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320084755/https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm |archive-date=March 20, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Statue of Liberty]] in [[New York Harbor]] greeted millions of arriving immigrants [[History of immigration to the United States#1850 to 1930|in the late 19th century]] and is a world symbol of the United States and its ideals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statue of Liberty |work=World Heritage |publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre 1992–2011 |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/307 |access-date=April 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828142117/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/307/ |archive-date=August 28, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Manhattan became a borough during the [[consolidation of New York City]] in 1898, and houses [[New York City Hall]], the seat of the [[Government of New York City|city's government]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/nyregion/the-reporters-of-city-hall-return-to-their-old-perch.html |title=The Reporters of City Hall Return to Their Old Perch|author=Michael M. Grynbaum|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 24, 2012|access-date=December 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625035720/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/nyregion/the-reporters-of-city-hall-return-to-their-old-perch.html |archive-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Stonewall Inn]] in [[Greenwich Village]], part of the [[Stonewall National Monument]], is considered the [[Stonewall riots|birthplace]] of the modern [[gay rights movement]], cementing Manhattan's central role in [[LGBT culture in New York City#Manhattan|LGBT culture]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/diversity/stonewall.htm |title=Workforce Diversity The Stonewall Inn, National Historic Landmark National Register Number: 99000562|publisher=National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=July 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306222059/http://www.nps.gov/diversity/stonewall.htm|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/2012_Presidential_Election/Obama_inaugural_speech_references_Stonewall_riots.html|title=Obama inaugural speech references Stonewall gay-rights riots|publisher=North Jersey Media Group Inc|date=January 21, 2013|access-date=July 2, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530065722/http://www.northjersey.com/news/2012_Presidential_Election/Obama_inaugural_speech_references_Stonewall_riots.html|archive-date=May 30, 2013}}</ref> It was also the site of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]], which was [[collapse of the World Trade Center|destroyed]] during the [[September 11 attacks|September 11 terrorist attacks]].
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