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  2. Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020, [note 1] it is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the country, and the third-most densely populated, after New Jersey and Rhode Island.

  3. Geography of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts is the 7th smallest state in the United States with an area of 10,555 square miles (27,340 km 2 ). [1] It is bordered to the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, to the west by New York, to the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine. Massachusetts is the most populous New ...

  4. Boston - Wikipedia

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    Boston (US: / ˈ b ɔː s t ə n /), officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

  5. Climate of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Climate of Massachusetts. Köppen climate types of Massachusetts, using 1991-2020 climate normals. The climate of Massachusetts' is mainly a humid continental climate, with hot, humid summers, cold, snowy winters and abundant precipitation. [1] Massachusetts is a states located in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

  6. Charlestown, Boston - Wikipedia

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    Charlestown is the oldest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. [1] Also called Mishawum by the Massachusett, it is located on a peninsula north of the Charles River, across from downtown Boston, and also adjoins the Mystic River and Boston Harbor waterways. Charlestown was laid out in 1629 by engineer Thomas Graves, one ...

  7. Politics of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is often categorized politically as progressive and liberal. All of the state’s U.S. representatives and senators are Democrats. Democrats also form the large majority of the state’s legislature, though the state has a history of electing Republican governors.

  8. Government of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts is known for its progressive politics, and is a stronghold of American Liberalism and the Democratic Party. In a 2018 Gallup poll Massachusetts was the state with the highest percentage of its population identifying as liberal and the lowest percentage identifying as conservative, at 35% and 21% respectively.

  9. Cambridge, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    0617365. Website. cambridgema .gov. Cambridge ( / ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ / [4] KAYM-brij) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a suburb in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, located directly across the Charles River from Boston. The city's population as of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the most populous ...