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  1. Charlotte ( / ˈʃɑːrlət / SHAR-lət) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, [10] making Charlotte the 15th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in the South, and the second-most populous city in ...

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    The first people settled at the place where Charlotte is in 1755 when a man named Thomas Polk built a house near two Native American trading paths. More people started living in the area and in 1768 it became a town named Charlotte Town. It was named after the wife of King George III because the people wanted him to like them. But he did not, and s...

    Charlotte has many different kinds of weather throughout the year. In the winter the temperature sometimes goes below 32 °F (0 °C) and in the summer it has gone up to 104 °F (40 °C). The city usually gets about 43.52 inches (1105.3 mm) of precipitation a year. Most of it is rain. It does not snow much in Charlotte. This table shows the average temp...

    Banking is very important in Charlotte. Many banks, such as Bank of Americaand Wachovia have headquarters in the city. There are also many other big companies in Charlotte. There are many skyscrapers (tall buildings) in Charlotte. NASCARalso has many offices in Charlotte and in the towns around Charlotte.

    Charlotte has a council-manager kind of government. This means that there two main leaders in Charlotte: the city council who makes the laws, and the city manager who makes sure everybody follows the laws. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is in charge of keeping everyone in the city safe. The are about 1600 police officers in the Police ...

    The city’s public school system, called Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, is the second biggest school system in North Carolina. The school system has about 146,000 students. There is a university, called the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, in Charlotte. Right now there are about 29,000 students who go to this university. There is also a co...

    There are many professional sports teams in Charlotte. Some of them are: Charlotte also has several parks and other public places for people to enjoy.

    Mass Transportation

    There are many public busses to help people get around the city. In 2007Charlotte began a mass transit light rail system. Charlotte also has a system of small trains called LYNX.

    Airport

    Charlotte's International Airport name Charlotte/Douglas, which is the 11th busiest airport in the world.

    Roads

    Because Charlotte is in the middle of the east coast of the U.S., a lot of people drive through the city every day. Charlotte has many big interstatesto handle all the traffic. But many people think Charlotte does not have good roads. They are big, but they were not planned well.

  2. The Charlotte metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as Metrolina, is a metropolitan area of the U.S. states of North and South Carolina, containing the city of Charlotte. The metropolitan area also includes the cities of Gastonia, Concord, Huntersville, and Rock Hill as well as the large suburban area in the counties surrounding Mecklenburg ...

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  3. Quick Facts Country, State ... Close. Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was among the country's fastest-growing metropolitan areas, with 888,000 new residents. Based on U.S. census data from 2005 to 2015, Charlotte tops the U.S. in millennial population growth. It is the third-fastest-growing major city in the United States.

  4. Coordinates: 35.226944°N 80.843333°W. The following is a timeline of the history of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Prior to 19th century. 1763 – Mecklenburg County established. [1] 1768 – Charlotte Town incorporated. 1770 – Queen's Museum chartered. [2] 1774 – Charlotte becomes capital of county. [3] 1775 – Mecklenburg Resolves signed.

  5. Why is downtown called Uptown? How did the Charlotte Hornets get their name? How did Charlotte become a banking town? Discover Charlotte's hidden history.

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  7. The Creation of Uptown. If you look at a map of Center City Charlotte today, you’ll still see the grid of square blocks that points to its time under colonial influence. Tryon, the city’s main...

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