Category:North America/United States of America/New York/Schenectady/

Coordinates: 42°48′15″N 73°55′45″W 42.80417, -73.92917

Schenectady

Schenectady (pronounced sknktdi is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 61,821, making it the ninth-largest city in New York. The name "Schenectady" is derived from a Mohawk word for "on that side of the pinery," or "near the pines," or "place beyond the pine plains."The city of Schenectady is in eastern New York, near the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers. It is in the same metropolitan area as the state capital, Albany Schenectady is about eighteen miles (29 km) northwest of Albany.^[1]

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