Syracuseis a city in, and the
county seat of, Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the largest
U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and is the fifth most populous
city in the state of New York. At the 2010 census, the city's population was
145,170 (making it the 175th largest city in the country), and the metropolitan
area had a population of 662,577. It is the economic and educational hub of
Central New York, a region with over a million inhabitants. Syracuse is well
provided with convention sites, with a downtown convention complex and,
directly west,