# Cleveland

Dountoun Cleveland seen fae Tremont neeburheid
**Cleveland** (Inglis: *ˈkliːvlənd*) is a city in the U.S. state o Ohio an is the coonty seat o Cuyahoga Coonty, the maist populous coonty in the state. The municipality is locatit in northeastren Ohio on the soothren shore o Lake Erie, approximately 60 mile (97 km) wast o the Pennsylvania border. It wis foondit in 1796 near the mooth o the Cuyahoga River, an becam a manufacturin centre awin tae its location at the heid o numerous canals an railwey lines. Wi the decline o hivy manufacturin, Cleveland's businesses hae diversified intae the service economy, includin the financial services, insurance, legal, an healcare sectors. Cleveland is an aa hame tae the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

As o the 2000 Census, the ceety proper haed a tot population o 478,403, an wis the 33rd mucklemaist city in the Unitit States (nou estimatit as the 43rd mucklemaist due tae declines in population) an the seicont mucklemaist ceety in Ohio. The ceety's population haes been shrinkin syne it peaked at 914,808 in 1950. It is the centre o Greater Cleveland, the lairgest metropolitan aurie in Ohio. The Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor Metropolitan Statistical Aurie that in 2000 rankit as the 23rd lairgest in the Unitit States wi 2,250,871 fowk. Cleveland is an aa pairt o the lairger Cleveland-Akron-Elyria Combined Statistical Aurie, that in 2000 haed a population o 2,945,831, an rankit as the kintra's 14t lairgest.

Suburbanisation chynged the ceety in the late 1960s an 1970s, whan financial difficulties an a notorious 1969 fire on the Cuyahoga River challenged the ceety. The ceety haes wirked tae improve its infrastructur, diversify its economy, an invest in the airts iver syne, an nou Cleveland is considered a exemplar for public-private pairtnerships, dountoun revitalisation, an urban renaissance. In studies conductit bi *The Economist* in 2005 Cleveland wis rankit as ane o the maist livable ceeties in the Unitit States, an the ceety wis rankit as the best ceety for business meetins in the continental U.S. The ceety faces continuin challenges, in parteecular frae concentratit poverty in some neeburheids an difficulties in the fundin an delivery o heich-quality public education.

Residents o Cleveland are cried *Clevelanders*. Nicknames for the ceety include "The Forest Ceety", "Metropolis of the Western Reserve", "Saxt Ceety", an 'The Rock 'n' Roll Caipital o the Warld'.

Due tae Lake Erie's northren mairch wi the ceety, the Cleveland aurie is an aa referred tae bi residents an local businesses as "The North Coast".

## Internaitional relations

### Sister ceeties

Cleveland haes twinty sister ceeties:

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| * Alexandria (Egyp)
* Bahir Dar (Ethiopie)
* Bangalore (Indie)
* Braşov (Romanie)
* Bratislava (Slovakie)
* Beit She'an (Israel) *syne 1995*
* Cleveland, Ingland (Unitit Kinrick)
* Conakry (Guinea)
* Fier (Albanie)
* Gdańsk (Poland) *syne 1990*
* Ibadan (Nigerie)
 |  | * Klaipėda (Lithuanie)
* Lima (Peru)
* Ljubljana (Slovenie)
* Miskolc (Hungary)
* Nettuno (Italy)
* Rouen (Fraunce)
* Segundo Montes (El Salvador)
* Taipei (Republic o Cheenae)
* Volgograd (Roushie)
* Achill Island (Ireland)
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