The Boston Skyline

Boston is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a state in the United States of America.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial capital of the New England region;[4] the City of Boston had an estimated population of 596,638 in 2005. However, the city lies at the center of America's eleventh-largest metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, which is home to 4.4 million people. Residents of the city are called Bostonians.