Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
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Coordinates: 42°22′25″N 71°06′38″W / 42.37361°N 71.11056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Massachusetts |
County | Middlesex |
Region | New England |
Settled | 1630 |
Incorporated | 1636 |
City | 1846 |
Named for | University of Cambridge |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager |
Area | |
• Total | 7.10 sq mi (18.40 km2) |
• Land | 6.40 sq mi (16.57 km2) |
• Water | 0.71 sq mi (1.83 km2) |
Elevation | 40 ft (12 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 118,403 |
• Density | 18,512.04/sq mi (7,147.01/km2) |
• Demonym | Cantabrigian |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern) |
ZIP Code | 02138-02142 |
Area code | 617 / 857 |
FIPS code | 25-11000 |
GNIS feature ID | 0617365 |
Website | cambridgema |
Cambridge is a city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, just outside of Boston.
It is the home of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The second Wikimania was hosted in this city in 2006.
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