Title: Index of Rhode Island–related articles
Content: People from Rhode Island ; commons:Category:People from Rhode Island ; Political party strength in Rhode Island ; commons:Category:Politics of Rhode Island ; Portal:Rhode Island ; Portsmouth, capital of the Colony of Aquidneck Island 1639–1644, capital of the Colony of Rhode Island 1644-1663 ; commons:Category:Protected areas of Rhode Island ; Providence, capital of the Colony of Providence 1636–1663, capital of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1663-1686 and 1689–1776, co-capital of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1776–1900, and sole state capital since 1900. commons:Category:Politics of Rhode Island ; Portal:Rhode Island ; Portsmouth, capital of the Colony of Aquidneck Island 1639–1644, capital of the Colony of Rhode Island 1644-1663 ; commons:Category:Protected areas of Rhode Island ; Providence, capital of the Colony of Providence 1636–1663, capital of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1663-1686 and 1689–1776, co-capital of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1776–1900, and sole state capital since 1900. Providence, capital of the Colony of Providence 1636–1663, capital of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1663-1686 and 1689–1776, co-capital of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1776–1900, and sole state capital since 1900. 
Title: Rhode Island
Content:  The capital of Rhode Island is Providence. The state's governor is Daniel McKee (D), and the lieutenant governor is Sabina Matos (D). Gina Raimondo became Rhode Island's first female governor with a plurality of the vote in the November 2014 state elections. Its United States senators are Jack Reed (D) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D). Rhode Island's two United States representatives are David Cicilline (D-1) and Jim Langevin (D-2). See congressional districts map. Rhode Island is one of a few states that do not have an official governor's residence. See List of Rhode Island Governors. The state legislature is the Rhode Island General Assembly, consisting of the 75-member House of Representatives and the 38-member Senate. The Democratic Party dominates both houses of the bicameral body; the Republican Party's presence is minor in the state government, with Republicans holding a handful of seats in both the Senate and House of Representatives.
Title: Index of Rhode Island–related articles
Content: Capital of the State of Rhode Island ; Capitol of the State of Rhode Island ; commons:Category:Rhode Island State Capitol ; Census statistical areas of Rhode Island ; Cities in Rhode Island ; commons:Category:Cities in Rhode Island Climate of Rhode Island ; Colleges and universities in Rhode Island ; commons:Category:Universities and colleges in Rhode Island ; Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ; commons:Category:Communications in Rhode Island ; Congressional districts of Rhode Island ; commons:Category:Convention centers in Rhode Island ; Counties of the State of Rhode Island ; commons:Category:Counties in Rhode Island ; Culture of Rhode Island ; commons:Category:Rhode Island culture Culture of Rhode Island ; commons:Category:Rhode Island culture commons:Category:Rhode Island culture 
Title: Providence, Rhode Island
Content:  Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in the United States, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence" which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. The city is situated at the mouth of the Providence River at the head of Narragansett Bay. Providence was one of the first cities in the country to industrialize and became noted for its textile manufacturing and subsequent machine tool, jewelry, and silverware industries. Today, the city of Providence is home to eight hospitals and eight institutions of higher learning which have shifted the city's economy into service industries, though it still retains some manufacturing activity. As of the 2020 United States Census, Providence has a population of 190,934, making it the third-most-populous city in New England after Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts.
Title: Rhode Island
Content:  Rhode Island (, like road), officially the State of Rhode Island, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it is the second-most densely populated after New Jersey. It takes its name from the eponymous island, though most of its land area is on the mainland. Rhode Island borders Connecticut to the west, Massachusetts to the north and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; it also shares a small maritime border with New York. Providence is its capital and most populous city. Native Americans lived around Narragansett Bay for thousands of years before English 
Title: Newport, Rhode Island
Content:  first governor. Upon its completion in 1741, The Old Colony House, at the head of Washington Square in Newport, served as the seat of Rhode Island's government until the current Rhode Island State House in Providence was completed in 1904. At that time, Providence, Rhode Island became the state's sole capital city. Prior to that, Newport was the most important port in colonial Rhode Island, and a public school was established in 1640.The commercial activity that raised Newport to its fame as a rich port began with the immigration of a second wave of Portuguese Jews, who settled there around the middle of the 18th century. The 
Title: Newport, Rhode Island
Content:  Rhode Island did not have a fixed capital during and after the colonial era, but rotated its legislative sessions among Providence, Newport, Bristol, East Greenwich, and South Kingstown. In 1854, the sessions were eliminated in cities other than Providence and Newport, and Newport was ultimately dropped six years later, in 1900. A constitutional amendment that year restricted the meetings of the legislature to Providence.
Title: List of municipalities in Rhode Island
Content:  may elect a mayor but they have no formal administrative functions with the potential exception of a degree of veto power. Mayor&ndash;council systems have a similarly elected council however the mayor is elected and yields administrative power. In the town council&ndash;town meeting system, there is no full-time chief executive. The largest municipality by population in Rhode Island is the state capital of Providence, with 190,934 residents. The smallest municipality by population is New Shoreham on Block Island, with 1,410 year-round residents. The largest municipality by land area is Coventry which spans 59.05 mi2, while Central Falls is the smallest at 1.20 mi2. Rhode Island and Hawaii are the only two states in which all of the incorporated municipalities have a population greater than 1,000 people.
Title: Rhode Island
Content:  designation Rhode Island. Historians have theorized this "reddish appearance" resulted from either red autumn foliage or red clay on portions of the shore. Despite its name, most of Rhode Island is on the mainland of the United States. Prior to 2020, its official name was State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, derived from the merger of four Colonial settlements. The settlements of Rhode Island (Newport and Portsmouth) were on what is commonly called Aquidneck Island today but was called Rhode Island in Colonial times. Providence Plantation was the name of the colony founded by Roger Williams in the state's capital of 
Title: History of Providence, Rhode Island
Content:  Since the colonial era, the Rhode Island General Assembly had periodically rotated among a number of legislative buildings throughout the state. In 1900, the assembly passed the Article of Amendment XI, making Providence the state's sole capital and the legislature's permanent home. This designation was concurrent with the construction of the Rhode Island State House, which was completed in 1904.

Question: What is the capital of Rhode Island?
Answer: Providence.
Providence, Rhode Island.
Providence, RI.