<Tr> <Th> GNIS feature ID </Th> <Td> 0966966 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.Syracuse.ny.us </Td> </Tr> <P> Syracuse (/ ˈsɪrəkjuːz, ˈsɛr -, - kjuːs /) is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, in the United States . It is the fifth most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, and Yonkers . At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,252, and its metropolitan area had a population of 662,577 . It is the economic and educational hub of Central New York, a region with over one million inhabitants . Syracuse is also well - provided with convention sites, with a downtown convention complex . Syracuse was named after the original Greek city Syracuse (Siracusa in Italian), a city on the eastern coast of the Italian island of Sicily . </P> <P> The city has functioned as a major crossroads over the last two centuries, first between the Erie Canal and its branch canals, then of the railway network . Today, Syracuse is located at the intersection of Interstates 81 and 90, and its airport is the largest in the region . Syracuse is home to Syracuse University, a major research university, as well as Le Moyne College, a nationally recognized liberal arts college . In 2010, Forbes rated Syracuse fourth in the top 10 places in the U.S. to raise a family . </P>

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