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Place Name
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Cambridge
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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92,772 (1991)
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Location
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Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
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43°23'N
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Longitude
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80°19'W
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Cambridge
, city (1991 pop. 92,772), S Ont., Can., on the Grand
R., NW of Hamilton; 43°23'N 80°19'W. It was formed in 1973 with the
amalgamation of Galt, Hespeler, and Preston, and parts of Waterloo and
North Dumfries townships. Galt was a Scot. settlement founded in 1817,
while Hespeler and Preston were founded in the early 1800s by
Mennonites from Pa. Cambridge is a heavily industrialized area with
mfg. (textiles, chemicals, wood prods., plastics). Hespeler was a
quarrying center and Preston had a well-known health resort.
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