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}} Long Island is an island located just off the northeast coast of the United States and a region within the U.S. state of New York. Stretching east-northeast from New York Harbor into the Atlantic Ocean, the island comprises four counties: Kings and Queens (these form the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, respectively) to the west; then Nassau and Suffolk to the east. However, many people in the New York metropolitan area (even those living in Queens and Brooklyn) colloquially use the term "Long Island" (or "The Island") exclusively to refer to the Nassau-Suffolk county area collectively, which is mainly suburban in character.〔(About Long Island ), LongIsland.com〕 North of the island is Long Island Sound, across from which lie the states of Connecticut and a small part of Rhode Island. With a Census-estimated population of 7,804,968 in 2014, constituting nearly 40% of New York State's population,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 - 2014 Population Estimates )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kings County, New York QuickFacts )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Queens County, New York QuickFacts )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nassau County, New York QuickFacts )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Suffolk County, New York QuickFacts )〕 Long Island is the most populated island in any U.S. state or territory, and the 18th-most populous island in the world (ahead of Ireland, Jamaica, and Hokkaidō). Its population density is . If Long Island geographically constituted an independent metropolitan statistical area, it would rank fourth most populous in the United States; while if it were a U.S. state, Long Island would rank 13th in population and first in population density. Both the longest〔 〕 and the largest island in the contiguous United States, Long Island extends eastward from New York Harbor to Montauk Point, with a maximum north-to-south distance of between Long Island Sound and the Atlantic coast.〔 〕 With a land area of 1,401 square miles (3,629 km2), Long Island is the 11th-largest island in the United States and the 148th-largest island in the world — larger than the of the smallest state, Rhode Island.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Secretary of State of Rhode Island ) 〕 Two of the New York City metropolitan area's three busiest airports, JFK International Airport and LaGuardia Airport, as well as two major air traffic control radar facilities, the New York TRACON and the New York ARTCC, are located on the Island. Nine bridges and 13 tunnels (including railroad tunnels) connect Brooklyn and Queens (and thus Long Island) to the three other boroughs of New York City. Ferries connect Suffolk County northward across Long Island Sound to the state of Connecticut. In addition, the Long Island Railroad is the busiest commuter railroad in North America and operates 24/7. ==History== (詳細はウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Long Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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