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Salamanca
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city in the state of New York, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- County
- Cattaraugus
- Reservation
- Allegany
- Named after
- José de Salamanca
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- Sandra Magiera ( D )
- City council
- Members' List • W1: John "Jack" Hill ( D ) • W2: Kylee Johnson ( D ) • W3: Barry Smith ( R ) • W4: Mike Reed ( D ) • W5: Janet L. Koch ( D )
- Total
- 6.24 sq mi (16.15 km )
- Land
- 5.99 sq mi (15.52 km )
- Water
- 0.24 sq mi (0.63 km )
- Elevation
- 1,381 ft (421 m)
- Density
- 989.2/sq mi (381.93/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 36-009-64749
- Gnis feature id
- 0964291
- Website
- www .salamancany .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Salamanca (Seneca: Onë'dagö:h) is a city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States, inside the Allegany Indian Reservation, one of two governed by the Seneca Nation of Indians. The population was 5,929 at the 2020 census. It was named after José de Salamanca, a Spanish nobleman and cabinet minister of the mid-19th century. Salamanca invested in railroads around the globe, including the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad in New York State, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salamanca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.