Capital District

The Capital District (or Capital-Saratoga Area) is an unofficial term used to refer to a four-county area of eastern New York.

Its anchor cities are:

It includes the extreme northern portion of the Hudson Valley.

Major universities in this area include:

Major attractions in this area include:

Communities with at least 10,000 inhabitants

	State of New York
Capital:	Albany
Regions:	Adirondack Mountains \| Capital District \| Catskill Mountains \| Central \| Finger Lakes \| The Holland Purchase \| Hudson Valley \| Long Island \| Mohawk Valley \| Shawangunks \| Southern Tier \| Upstate \| Western
Major metros:	Albany \| Binghamton \| Buffalo \| New York \| Rochester \| Syracuse \| Utica
Smaller cities:	Amsterdam \| Auburn \| Batavia \| Canandaigua \| Corning \| Cortland \| Dunkirk \| Elmira \| Geneva \| Glen Cove \| Glens Falls \| Gloversville \| Goshen \| Hornell \| Hudson \| Ilion \| Ithaca \| Jamestown \| Kingston \| Lockport \| Malone \| Massena \| Middletown \| New Paltz \| Newark \| Ogdensburg \| Olean \| Oneida \| Oneonta \| Oswego \| Plattsburgh \| Port Jervis \| Poughkeepsie \| Riverhead \| Rome \| Saratoga Springs \| Warwick \| Watertown
Counties:	Albany \| Allegany \| Bronx \| Broome \| Cattaraugus \| Cayuga \| Chautauqua \| Chemung \| Chenango \| Clinton \| Columbia \| Cortland \| Delaware \| Dutchess \| Erie \| Essex \| Franklin \| Fulton \| Genesee \| Greene \| Hamilton \| Herkimer \| Jefferson \| Kings (Brooklyn) \| Lewis \| Livingston \| Madison \| Monroe \| Montgomery \| Nassau \| New York (Manhattan) \| Niagara \| Oneida \| Onondaga \| Ontario \| Orange \| Orleans \| Oswego \| Otsego \| Putnam \| Queens \| Rensselaer \| Richmond (Staten Island) \| Rockland \| Saint Lawrence \| Saratoga \| Schenectady \| Schoharie \| Schuyler \| Seneca \| Steuben \| Suffolk \| Sullivan \| Tioga \| Tompkins \| Ulster \| Warren \| Washington \| Wayne \| Westchester \| Wyoming \| Yates