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Boston

City in Massachusetts, United StatesBoston sits on Boston Harbor, an arm of Massachusetts Bay on the Atlantic coast of New England, where the Charles River empties into the harbour.

What it's known for

Boston is the capital of Massachusetts and a cultural and financial centre of New England. Founded in 1630 by English Puritans, it played a central role in the American Revolution, with the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Bunker Hill. Its marathon, first run in 1897, is the oldest annual marathon in the world.

Fun facts

  1. The city was named after the market town of Boston in Lincolnshire, England.
  2. More than two-thirds of inner Boston's land did not exist when the city was founded; it was made by filling in the tidal areas around it.
  3. Boston had the first public park in the US (Boston Common, 1634), the first public school (1635) and the first subway (1897).

Finding it on the globe

Boston is on the Atlantic coast about 300 km north-east of New York City; Cape Cod, a long peninsula, curls out into the sea to its south-east.

Sources: Wikipedia: Boston, Wikipedia: Boston Marathon, Wikipedia: Charles River, Wikipedia: Cape Cod