The city of Detroit, also called "The Motor City", "Motown", "Renaissance City", "The D", "Hockeytown", "The Automotive Capital of the World", "Ro" was incorporated in 1806 and encompasses the following counties: Wayne. Detroit's government type is Mayor-Council. It is comprised of the Mayor, who is currently Dave Bing (D).

Detroit encompasses land area: 138.8 sq mi (359.5 km2), water area: 4.2 sq mi (10.9 km2). According to the 2010 United States Census, the local population is 713,777. This equates to a population density of 5,142/sq mi (1,985.3/km2). Anyone living in the city is commonly known as a "Detroiter". The local time zone is EST (UTC−5).

Local area codes are 313. The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code for the city is 26-22000, which is used in computer filings when non-government agencies and contractors fulfill government contracts. Additional information and the official website of the city is found at DetroitMI.gov.

Short Description
Detroit ( /diˈtrɔɪt/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan, and the seat of Wayne County. It is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people, and serves as a major port on the Detroit River connecting the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer, adventurer, and nobleman Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.

In 2010, the city had a population of 713,777 and ranked as the 18th most populous city in the United States. The name Detroit sometimes refers to the Metro Detroit area with a population of 4,296,250 for the six-county Metropolitan Statistical Area, the United States' eleventh-largest, and a population of 5,218,852 for the nine-county Combined Statistical Area as of the 2010 Census. The Detroit–Windsor area, a critical commercial link straddling the Canada–U.S. border, has a total population of about 5,700,000.

Known as the world's traditional automotive center, 'Detroit' is a metonym for the American automobile industry and an important source of popular music legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, the Motor City and Motown. Other nicknames arose in the 20th century, including City of Champions beginning in the 1930s for its successes in individual and team sport, The D, D-Town, Hockeytown (a trademark owned by the city's NHL club, the Red Wings), Rock City (after the Kiss song 'Detroit Rock City'), and The 313 (its telephone area code) Detroit became known as the 'great arsenal of democracy' for its support of the U.S. role among the Allied powers during World War II.