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Ithaca, New York | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:48 1 History
00:01:56 1.1 Early history
00:05:02 1.2 Partition of the Military Tract
00:06:21 1.3 Growth
00:11:45 1.4 Recent history
00:13:17 2 Geography and climate
00:13:27 2.1 Geography
00:14:52 2.2 Climate
00:16:54 3 Demographics
00:20:07 3.1 Greater Ithaca
00:20:30 4 Local government
00:22:40 4.1 Politics
00:23:34 4.2 Sister city
00:23:45 5 Education
00:24:32 5.1 Colleges
00:25:07 5.2 Public schools
00:26:13 5.3 Library
00:26:42 6 Economy
00:29:05 6.1 Agriculture
00:29:42 7 Media
00:30:52 8 Culture
00:34:21 8.1 Music
00:36:57 9 Transportation
00:37:36 9.1 Roads
00:41:04 9.2 Bus
00:43:21 9.3 Airports
00:44:41 9.4 Railways
00:46:27 10 Points of interest
00:46:36 11 Notable people
00:46:45 12 Reputation
00:48:58 13 See also
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Ithaca is a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It is the seat of Tompkins County, as well as the largest community in the Ithaca–Tompkins County metropolitan area. This area contains the municipalities of the Town of Ithaca, the village of Cayuga Heights, and other towns and villages in Tompkins County. The city of Ithaca is located on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York, about 45 miles (72 km) south-west of Syracuse. It is named after the Greek island of Ithaca. Additionally, Ithaca is located 247 miles (398 km) southeast of Toronto, and 223 miles (359 km) northwest of New York City.
Ithaca is home to Cornell University, an Ivy League school of over 20,000 students, most of whom study at its local campus. In addition, Ithaca College is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts college of over 7,000 students, located just south of the city in the Town of Ithaca, adding to the area's college town atmosphere. Nearby is Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3). These three colleges bring tens of thousands of students, who increase Ithaca's seasonal population during the school year. The city's voters are notably more liberal than those in the remainder of Tompkins County or in upstate New York, generally voting for Democratic Party candidates.
As of 2010, the city's population was 30,014. A 2017 census estimate stated the population was 31,006.
Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca is the North American seat of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama.