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#4310 // April 16, 2010 (self-adhesive coil definitive) Flags of Our Nation Series New York State Flag, fireboats and city skyline	Seal and Flag of the City of Albany, capital of the State of New York The city was named in honor of the English Duke of York and Albany (James Stuart, * 1633, † 1701), brother of the English King Charles II. (* 1630, r. 1660, † 1685) "Albany" derives from "alba", the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland.

City, Elevation, Coordinates	County, US Region	Waters, Landmarks
Albany, NY 0 to 378 ft [0 to 115 m] 42° 39' 09" N 73° 45' 26" W	Albany County Middle Atlantic	Hudson River Empire State Plaza
Land Area rounded mi² [km²]	Population (census 2010)	Population Density per mi² [km²] of land area
22 [57]	97,856	4,448 [1.717]

History Timeline
The area was originally inhabited by Algonquian Indian tribes, namely the Mohican and the Iroquois.
1614	Fort Nassau founded as Dutch fur-trading post.
1624	Renamed in Fort Oranje (Orange) and established as permanent Dutch settlement.
1652	Renamed in Beverwijck (Beaver District) and incorporated as village into the Dutch colony Nieuw Nederland by Governor Peter Stuyvesant (* c. 1612, † 1672).
1664	Renamed in Albany after British conquest of the Dutch colony New Netherlands.
1673	Renamed in Willemstadt after the Dutch briefly recaptured the colony in August 1673.
1674	The name Albany was restored after the British took permanent possession of the colony with the Peace treaty of Westminster, effective on March 5, 1674
1686	On July 22, Albany was chartered as a municipality by Thomas Dongan (* 1634, † 1715), Governor of the Province of New York. It is the oldest US city charter still in effect.
1797	Albany became the capital of the State of New York, second oldest state capital in the US.