Dayton
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Dayton a city is in Montgomery County in (). It is the seat of the government of the Countys and is in the middle west of Ohio. During the collection of a total population of 166 became.179 registers, to the conditions 1.7.2004 was it 160.293 inhabitants. The city is in the valley of the Great Miami Rivers, north of and east of Richmond in . With the city flow that Great Miami River, the Stillwater River, the WAD River and the wolf Creek together. After the tide of 1913 in the city many dams were established, in order to bring the rivers under control.
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Name and history
The city became after Jonathan Dayton designated, a Captain in and one the signer of the American condition. The city is place of birth and homeland of the aviation pioneers and Wilbur WRIGHT, before their successful first flight in Dayton the bicycle workshop operated, in which they worked also on their aircraft. The workshop is today one National Historic Site of National park service one operates and can be visited.
The city becomes also In accordance with town center (jewel city) mentioned. None knows however the exact origin of this name: Either because of a successful running horse with the name In accordance with, which originated from the city, or because the city like a jewel is beautiful. Latter history probably goes on a newspaper report out of that years back, that the qualities Daytons and it praised as the in accordance with OF all our interior towns designated.
The city has very broad, straight roads, those downtown streets. The reason for these broad, straight roads is that the city was a market and an envelope center from the outset. The roads were so broad that ochsengespanne with up to eight course animals on them could turn. In addition many today's roads were in former times channels with driving way beside it.
Partnerships between cities
Dayton is since twin city of . An important enterprise with head office in Dayton is those NCR Corporation, whose German daughter has her head office in Augsburg.
Daytoner agreement
Between that 1. November and that found on that WRIGHT Patterson air Force cousin in the proximity of Dayton the negotiations for the completion up to then already of the Yugoslav civil war persisting for three years instead of. The official contacts were that president president Franjo Tudjman, that Bosnian herzegowinische President and the American chief negotiator Richard Holbrooke. The document, to in solemnly one signed, carries the names Daytoner agreement.
Geography
After the American measurement office the city has a total area of 146,7 km², about which 144.5 km² country and 2.2 are km² water. Thus 1.50 per cent of the surface is water.
Demography
After the collection of 2000 166 lives.179 humans, 67.409 households and 37.614 families in the city. The population density amounts to 1.150,3 per km². 53.36 per cent of the population are white ones, 43.13 Afroamerikaner, 0.30 per cent American natives, 0.65 per cent of Asians, 0.04 per cent Pacific Insulaner, 0.70 per cent of other ethnical origin. 1.83 per cent are half-breeds, 1.58 per cent are Latinos.
EN of 30.816 dollar, Mrs. only 24.937 dollar. The pro head income of the city amounts to 15.547 USD. 23.0 per cent of the population and 18.2 per cent of the families live below poverty border, on it are 32.0 per cent children or young person younger as 18 years and 15.3 per cent humans older than 65.
Sons and daughters of the city
- Joshua Harris, author and clergyman
- John Scofield, US-American jazz guitarist and composer
- Martin Sheen, US-American filmschauspieler
- Dorothy Stang, US-American catholic medal sister and Umweltaktivistin in Brazil
- Billy Strayhorn, US-American jazz musician
- Jonathan of winter, US-American comedy actor
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