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Place Name
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Bethesda
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Pronunciation
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be-THEZ-dah
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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62,936 (1990)
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Location
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Montgomery County, Maryland (MD), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Bethesda
(be-THEZ-dah), uninc. city (1990 pop. 62,936),
Montgomery co., W central Md., a residential suburb of Wash., D.C.
Residential area settled in the late 17th cent. by the Scottish,
English, and Irish. Natl. Inst. of Health, the U.S. Naval Hosp., the
Natl. Cancer Inst., the Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S.
Inst. of Standards and Technology. Affiliated health care
concerns and other businesses fill the large office centers
which have transformd the city's downtown.
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