Charlotte (North Carolina)

Charlotte is more the big city of both Carolines (North Carolina and South Carolina), and the twentieth more big city of the the United States. Called the Queen City , Charlotte was called in the honor of the queen Charlotte, wife of the king George III of England. Charlotte is also called “nest of Frelons” (in English Hornet' S Nest ) because of the wild resistance of the citizens of Charlotte vis-a-vis the British troops during the war of independence. It is the administrative center of the county of Mecklenburg. The city knows one of the fastest growths of the the United States and it is also the larger second centers banking country. A resident of Charlotte is a Charlottean .

History

The first Europeans were installed on the current site of Charlotte about 1750. In 1755, the first colonist Thomas Polk (uncle of the president James Knox Polk) established a house with the crossroads of an Indian commercial way and Great Wagon Road. This became the village of Charlotte Town, incorporated in 1768. The Indian commercial way became Trade Street, and Great Wagon Road became Tryon Street, in the honor of William Tryon, a royal governor of North Carolina coloniale.
The city quickly became a hearth of rebellion, which culminates with the drafting of a first declaration of independence, one year before the official declaration of 1776. The English general Charles Cornwallis gave to the village the nickname of “nest of Frelons”.

The true expansion of Charlotte will begin only at the beginning of the 19th century with the discovery and the trade from gold. Since the beginning of the years 1990, the city knows a new boom.

Demography

With 610.949 inhabitants (2005), Charlotte is the 20th more big city of the the United States. The agglomeration of the city has a population of 1.594.799 inhabitants and the metropolitan zone of Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord has 2.120.745 of them (2005). The city is in the center of one of the increasing metropolitan regions fastest to the the United States, with an average surge from approximately 20.000 come in the surplus from area every year the last decade.

Criminality

According to FBI 'S Uniform Crime Carryforwards, in 1997, there was 1630 " violent one crimes" (aggressions, rape, murder and flight) for 100.000 inhabitants. In 2004, 1099 ago per 100.000 of them.

In 2002, there were 6.340 " property crime" (case of arson, burgling, flight of cars, diversion….) for 100.000 inhabitants.

Climate

The city has soft winters and hot and wet summers. Charlotte receives on average 1105.3 millimetres of precipitations per annum. In 1989, the Ouragan Hugo passed on the town of Charlotte causing of the gusts of wind approaching 160 km/h.

Economy

Charlotte is an important financial center today, two of the four plus American large banks have their head office there: Bank off America and Wachovia. These two large banks are surrounded by other banking companies and finance departments regional, in the financial district. Thanks to the strong activity of the banking environment, the financial center of the city does not cease growing, with for example, the construction of the Bank off America Corporate Center (265 Mr.) and its 60 stages.

Company having their head office with Charlotte:

Education

Universities

  • Central Piedmont Community College
  • Johnson & Wales University
  • Johnson C. Smith University
  • Kings College
  • Pfeiffer University At Charlotte
  • University Queens off Charlotte
  • University off North Carolina At Charlotte
  • The Art Institutes
  • DeVry University
  • Strayer University

Private schools

  • Al-Huda Islamic Academy
  • Charlotte Catholic High School
  • Charlotte Christian
  • Covenant Day School
  • Charlotte Country Day School
  • Charlotte Jewish Day School
  • Charlotte Latin School
  • Charlotte Preparatory School
  • Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School
  • Northside Christian Academy
  • Providence Day School
  • SouthLake Christian Academy
  • Episcopal Trinity School
  • Victory Christian Center School

Public schools

  • Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
  • Myers Park High School

Monuments

Buildings

  • Bank off America Corporate Center: 265 m, 60 stages (1992)
  • Hearst Tower: 201 m, 47 stages (2002)
  • One Wachovia Center: 179 m, 42 stages (1988)
  • Bank off America Plaza: 153 m, 40 stages (1974)
  • Interstate Tower: 141 m
  • Three Wachovia Center: 137 m
  • 201 North Tryon: 136 m
  • Two Wachovia Center: 132 m
  • 400 South Tryon: 128 m
  • Tower Chime: 120 m

Museums and parks

  • The Carolina Rebirth Festival
  • Farming Afro-American Center, arts center on the history, culture and arts Afro-Americans.
  • Benedictine College and Monastery
  • Blumenthal Performing Arts Centers off
  • Carolinas Aviation Museum
  • Carolina Raptor Center
  • Charlotte Convention Center
  • The Charlotte Museum History
  • Children' S Theater off Charlotte
  • Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, a botanical garden of 0,5 km ² located in the west of Charlotte at Belmont.
  • Discovery Places, a museum of science with a dome theater IMAX.
  • Historic Lathed Plantation, an old cotton plantation.
  • Historic Rosedale Plantation
  • ImaginOn
  • Kings Mountain National Military Park
  • The Levine Museum off the New South
  • Lowe' S Motor Speedway
  • The Mint Museums
  • Paramount' S Carowinds
  • Reed Gold Mines, the site of discovered first gold layer to the the United States.
  • U.S. National Whitewater Center
  • University off North Carolina At Charlotte Botanical Gardens
  • Wing Haven Gardens and Bird Sanctuary

Sports

Charlotte shelters the Carolina Panthers, a frankness from American football of the NFL which began in the league in 1995. The Panthers play in the Bank off America Stadium, located in Uptown. The team gained the National Football Conference of the season NFL 2003-2004 when it beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 14-3, with Philadelphia. At the time of the Super Bowl XXXVIII, the 2004, the Panthers were beaten, 32-29, by the New England Patriots.

The city also accommodated two teams of the Arena Football League, the Charlotte Rage and the Carolina Cobras. The Meineke Because Care Bowl is annually played in December with the Bank off America Stadium.

Charlotte briefly had a team of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League in 1996, the Charlotte Cobras.

Of 1988 with 2002, Charlotte accommodated a frankness NBA called Charlotte Hornets. The team was delocalized with La Nouvelle-Orléans, in Louisiana in 2002 after bitter animosity between the fans of the team and the owner George Shinn what resulted in cause a drop in the multitude of the fans to the Charlotte Coliseum. In 2004, Charlotte was granted her second team of expansion NBA named Charlotte Bobcats. The team plays in the Charlotte Bobcats Arena which opened in autumn 2005 in the downtown area.

The city off has several important sporting infrastructures like the Bank America Stadium, the Charlotte Bobcats Arena and decayed the Charlotte Coliseum, old arena of the Charlotte Hornets, the Charlotte Bobcats and the Charlotte Sting. See also the Lowe' S Motor Speedway, road racing set of oval type accommodating of the races of NASCAR.

Shopping

The principal shopping malls of the city are:
  • Carolina Places Badly, its surface is of 102.000 m ².
  • Concord Millets
  • Eastland Badly
  • Northlake Badly
  • SouthPark Badly, 140.000m ² of surface.

Transport

Public transport

The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) is the local system of public transport which operates with its trams and its buses in the town of Charlotte and its metropolitan zone. In 2025, it is envisaged the installation of a Light subway and Suburban train called Lynx.

Airports

The city is served by the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (code AITA: CLT) which in 2005 accommodated 25.543.374 passengers, it is the 17th larger airport of the the United States. It is used as hub air for US Airways. American Airlines, Air Canada, Continental Airlines, Delta, Northwest, United, AirTran, Jet Blue and Lufthansa. Flights not-stop are possible for many destinations with the the United States, in Europe, with the the Antilles, in Latin America and with the Canada.

Roads

Charlotte is a major road center in the south-east of the the United States. The two major highways are Interstate 85 and Interstate 77 which cross close to the downtown area. Interstate 485 (beltway) form a ring road around the city, it is called " Outerbelt". Interstate 277 fact a loop around the downtown (center of the businesses).

Chemin de iron

The Amtrak connects Charlotte with New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C, Richmond, and Raleigh, Atlanta, Birmingham (Alabama) and the Orleans News.

Media

Newspapers

The daily newspaper dominating in the area is The Charlotte Observer.

Television

  • WBTV, Chanel 3 (CBS affiliate)
  • WSOC-TV, Chanel 9 (ABC affiliate)
  • WHKY-TV, Chanel 14 (Independent)
  • WUNE-TV, Chanel 17 (PBS/UNCTV affiliate)
  • WCCB-TV, Chanel 18 (FOX affiliate)
  • WNSC-TV, Chanel 30 (PBS/SCETV affiliate)
  • WCNC-TV, Chanel 36 (NBC affiliate)
  • WTVI, Chanel 42 (PBS affiliate)
  • WJZY-TV, Chanel 46 (UPN affiliate) (The CW affiliate starting Sept. 2006)
  • WMYT-TV, Chanel 55 (WB affiliate) (My Network TV affiliate starting Sept. 2006)
  • WUNG-TV, Chanel 58 (PBS/UNCTV affiliate)
  • WAXN-TV, Chanel 64 (Independent)

Famous residents

Artists, writers, singers and actors

Political personalities

  • Chris Sticks, politician
  • Richard Vinroot, politician
  • Rebecca Carney, member of the North Carolina General Assembly
  • Daniel G. Clodfelter, politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly
  • Charlie Smith Dannelly, teacher and politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly
  • Robert Pittenger, politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly
  • Sarah Parker, judge of North Supreme court of North Carolina (born in Charlotte)

Sportsmen

  • Ric Sense of smell, all-in wrestler
  • Jeff Gordon, pilot of NASCAR (resident of Charlotte)
  • Rick Hendrick, owner stable NASCAR
  • Sam Millets, linebacker which played 12 seasons in National Football League for the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers
  • Ron " The Truth" Killings, all-in wrestler and Rappeur
  • Jeff Hardy, all-in wrestler considered for these extreme exploits at the time of several match of wrestling, he is also a singer with his Peroxwhygen group.

Évêché

  • Diocese of Charlotte
  • Cathedral Saint-Patrick de Charlotte

Twinnings

External bonds

  • Official Charlotte-Mecklenburg County NC website
  • Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission
  • Charlotte Chamber off Trade
  • Charlotte Regional Partnership
  • Charlotte City Guides
  • Visit Charlotte--Charlotte Convention and Visitors Bureau
  • The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Story has local history website
  • City Committee
  • Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS)
  • Charlotte' S Center City (downtown area)
  • Charlotte Urban Discussion
  • Charlotte Observer (newspaper)
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Simple: Charlotte, North Carolina

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