|— City —| |Downtown Detroit skyline, Spirit of Detroit,
Greektown, Ambassador Bridge, Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors'
Monument, Fox Theatre, and Comerica Park.| |Nickname(s): The
Motor City, Motown, Renaissance City, The D, Hockeytown, The
Automotive Capital of the World, Rock City, The 313| |Motto:
Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin: We Hope For Better
Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) |Wayne County, Michigan
and the state of Michigan| |Coordinates: Coordinates: |
|Country||United States of America| |• Mayor||Dave Bing (D)| |•
City Council| |• City||143.0 sq mi (370 km2)| |• Land||138.8 sq
mi (359 km2)| |• Water||4.2 sq mi (11 km2)| |• Urban||1,295 sq
mi (3,350 km2)| |• Metro||3,913 sq mi (10,130 km2)|
|Elevation||600 ft (200 m)| |• Rank||18th in U.S.| |•
Density||5,142/sq mi (1,985/km2)| |Time zone||EST (UTC-5)| |•
Summer (DST)||EDT (UTC-4)| |GNIS feature ID||1617959| |Major
airport||Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)|
Detroit is the largest city in the state of Michigan in the Un