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Newark

Also known as City of Newark, Newark, New Jersey, Brick City, Newark, NJ

city in Essex County, and largest city in New Jersey, United States

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Newark is the largest city in New Jersey and is located in Essex County. It serves as a major urban center in the northeastern United States.

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Official name: Newark
Demonym: Newarker
Population: 268500
Area: 67.616726
Elevation: 3
Official website: www.newarknj.gov
Image: 2021-09-25 10 50 38 View of downtown Newark from the intersection of Essex County Route 510 (Market Street) and Mulberry Street in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.jpg
Households: 102195
Dialing code: 973

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postal code: 07198
Commons category: Newark, New Jersey
inception: 1666-00-00
native label: Newark
Commons gallery: Newark, New Jersey
P8168: Ham-sous-Varsberg
water as percent of area: 7.3545
per capita income: 20924
P12749: Jürgen von der Lippe

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Newark (/ˈnjuː.ərk/ NEW-ərk, locally /nʊərk/ NOORK) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 311,549. The Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 317,303 for 2024, making it the 64th-most populous municipality in the nation.

Settled in 1666 by Puritans from New Haven Colony, Newark is one of the oldest cities in the United States. Its location at the mouth of the Passaic River, where it flows into Newark Bay, has made the city's waterfront an integral part of the Port of New York and New Jersey. Port Newark–Elizabeth is the primary container shipping terminal of the busiest seaport on the U.S. East Coast. Newark Liberty International Airport was the first municipal commercial airport in the United States and has become one of the busiest.