Capital District
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Image:Map of New York highlighting Capitol District.PNG The Capital District is an imprecise regional definition (much like Upstate New York) that generally refers to the four counties surrounding Albany, the capital of New York: Schenectady County, Albany County, Saratoga County and Rensselaer County.
Its anchor cities are:
- Albany (the state capital)
- Saratoga Springs
- Schenectady
- Troy
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Ambiguity and overlap
The Capital District is a large component of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, also includes Montgomery County and Schoharie County. The Albany-Schenectady-Troy MSA was ranked the 56th most populous in the United States of America in the 2000 Census, with a total population of 825,875.
Capital Region and Northeastern New York (NENY) are terms sometimes used to refer to the Capital District in combination with counties surrounding the area (usually those to the north, and to a lesser degree west of the four core counties of the District). The Capital District has also been given the marketing moniker "Tech Valley," in recognition of the technology companies who have moved to the region, or are being wooed by governmental or educational institutions. Economic definitions of the Capital District, Capital Region, NENY and Tech Valley may sometimes be expanded to include the extreme northern portions of the Mid-Hudson Valley, usually Columbia County and Greene County.
Colleges and universities
- Albany College of Pharmacy
- Albany Law School
- Albany Medical College
- The College of Saint Rose
- Excelsior College
- Hudson Valley Community College
- Maria College of Albany
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
- Russell Sage College
- Sage College of Albany
- Schenectady County Community College
- Siena College
- Skidmore College
- Union College
- University at Albany (part of the SUNY system)
Selected attractions
- [[Chapel + Cultural Center at Rensselaer]]
- Empire State Plaza
- Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery
- Pepsi Arena
- Saratoga National Historical Park (Stillwater)
- Saratoga Performing Arts Center
- Saratoga Race Course (Saratoga Springs)
- Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Communities with at least 10,000 inhabitants (not exhaustive)
- Albany
- Bethlehem
- Clifton Park
- Cohoes
- Colonie (town)
- East Greenbush
- Guilderland
- Niskayuna
- Rotterdam
- Saratoga Springs
- Schenectady
- Troy
- Watervliet
Communities with less than 10,000 inhabitants (not exhaustive)
- Ballston Spa
- Castleton-on-Hudson
- Colonie (village)
- Corinth (town and village)
- Delmar
- Galway
- Mechanicville
- Ravena
- Rensselaer
- Schuylerville
- Scotia
- South Glens Falls
- Stillwater
- Waterford
External links
- Capital-Saratoga Region Tourist Information
- The Egg Theater (Albany)
- New York State Capitol (Albany)
- New York State Museum (Albany)
- Palace Theater (Albany)
- Proctor's Theater (Schenectady)
- USS Slater (Albany)
References
- Census 2000 PHC-T-29: Ranking Tables for Population of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, Combined Statistical Areas, New England City and Town Areas, and Combined New England City and Town Areas: 1990 and 2000 (Areas defined by the Office of Management and Budget as of June 6, 2003.)
