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Place Name
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Chicopee
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Pronunciation
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CHI-kuh-pee
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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56,632 (1990)
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Location
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Hampden County, Massachusetts (MA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°11'N
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Longitude
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72°34'W
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Chicopee
(CHI-kuh-pee), city (1990 pop. 56,632),
Hampden co., SW Mass., at the confluence of the Chicopee and
Connecticut rivers; 42°11'N 72°34'W. Settled c.1641, set
off from Springfield 1848, inc. as a city 1890. Includes the
villages of Willimansett, Fairview, Aldenville, Chicopee Center, and
Chicopee Falls. Paper and sporting goods, plastics, textiles, metal
works, beverages, and machinery are among the city's manufactures.
Seat of the Col. of Our Lady of the Elms. The author Edward Bellamy was
born and lived in Chicopee Falls. Westover Air Base is nearby.
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