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Place Name
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Bangor
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Pronunciation
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BANG-or
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Penobscot County
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Population
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33,181 (1990)
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Location
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Penobscot County, Maine (ME), United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°49'N
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Longitude
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68°47'W
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Bangor
(BANG-or), city (1990 pop. 33,181),  Penobscot
co., SE Maine, at the confluence of the Penobscot and Kenduskeag
rivers; 44°49'N 68°47'W. It is a port of entry, major commercial
center for E and N Maine, and gateway to an extensive resort and lumber
region; mfg. (shoes, pulp and paper, wood prods.). The city was settled
in 1769 and was known as Sunbury. During the War of 1812 it was
occupied by the British. In the 19th cent., Bangor was a shipbuilding
center that carried on an extensive coastal and overseas trade in
lumber, stone, and ice. The city has a theological seminary, a
conservatory of music, and 3 cols. Its 400,000-volume public lib. is
one of New England's largest. Bangor Internatl. Airport, part of which
was once Dow Air Force Base, has one of the longest runways in the U.S.
Inc. as a town 1791, as a city 1834.
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