Providence Rhode Island general info and facts

Providence Rhode Island general info will help you know your way around Providece Rhode Island once you get there. It will also help you know if you want to move into Providece Rhode Island in the first place. Providence is the capital city of Rhode Island and it happens to be the most populous city in that state, although it had only 171,557 people as of 2009. However, it had a metropolitan population of 1,600,856 as of 2008. Providence Rhode Island city limits are only 20.5 square miles, 18.5 square miles being land and the rest being water.

Providece Rhode Island is located in a county that goes by the same name and it is the second largest city in the New England region. It is situated in the mouth of a river that goes by the same name, at the head of Narragansett Bay. Providece Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams back in 1636 - Roger Williams was a religious exile who came from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the area got its name when he honored ‘God's merciful Providence’ – he believed it was God’s Providence that had revealed such as haven for him and his followers.

Providece Rhode Island has a proud history of being among the first cities in the United States to industrialize, thanks to its silverware and industry. The city was able to maintain this and it once had the nickname of ‘Beehive of Industry.’ However, over the past few years, the city has been trying to rebrand itself as the ‘Creative Capital’ of the United States. This is because today, the city has 8 hospitals and seven tertiary education centers, effectively shifting the city's economy into service industries, but there is still significant manufacturing that still goes on in the city.

Providence Rhode Island neighbors College Hill, Blackstone, Wayland, Mount Hope, the Providence River, and Fox Point on the eastern side, the neighborhoods of Wanskuck and Charles on the northern side, the neighborhoods of Lower South Providence, Upper South Providence and Elmwood on the southern side and the West Broadway neighborhood on the western side. The areas surrounding Providence Rhode Island are very picturesque and many visitors descend on the surrounding areas to relax, to have fun on the Providence River and to enjoy the scenery.

Providence Rhode Island’s climate can be described as being ‘in between’, ranging between humid subtropical climate and humid continental climate. This means Providence has cold winters, warm summers and it always has high humidity. This climate is influenced by the Atlantic Ocean. January is the coldest month in Providence and July is the warmest.

Other facts about Providence Rhode Island are that the greatest percentage of residents is white, with about 17 percent African Americans and a substantial Italian and Irish population.

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