Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, just outside of Boston.
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 Location of Cambridge in Middlesex County, Massachusetts | |
| Coordinates: 42°22′25″N 71°06′38″W / 42.37361°N 71.11056°WCoordinates: 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 |
| FIPS code | 25-11000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0617365 |
| Website | cambridgema |
It is the home of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Wikimania
The second Wikimania was hosted in this city in 2006.
Cambridge, Massachusetts Media
- Harvard Square Hopkins Map 1873.jpg
An 1873 map of Harvard Square
- 1852 Middlesex Canal (Massachusetts) map.jpg
An 1852 map of Greater Boston highlighting the regional rail lines and course of Middlesex Canal; Cambridge is near the bottom of the map highlighted in yellow, and West Cambridge, which is present-day Arlington, Massachusetts, highlighted in pink
- Charles River Cambridge USA.jpg
A winter view of Cambridge and Harvard University's Weld Boathouse seen from Boston with the Charles River in the foreground
- Cambridge Skyline.jpg
Kendall Square, the center of Cambridge's biotech economy as seen from the Charles River
- Fogg.jpg
- Longfellow National Historic Site, Cambridge, Massachusetts.JPG
- Wfm stata center.jpg
Stata Center at MIT
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