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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Counties
- Marshall , Cullman
- Incorporated
- December 10, 1892
- Named after
- Arad Thompson
- Type
- Mayor–Council
- Total
- 13.453 sq mi (34.843 km )
- Land
- 13.320 sq mi (34.499 km )
- Water
- 13.303 sq mi (34.454 km )
- Elevation
- 1,040 ft (320 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 8,623
- Density
- 647/sq mi (249.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Area codes
- 256 and 938
- Fips code
- 01-02116
- Sales tax
- 12.5%
- Website
- arabcity.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Arab
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Marshall County
- Population
- 8461
- Area
- 33.968855
- Elevation
- 332
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Official website
- www.arabcity.org
- Image
- Arab-Main-St-north-al.jpg
- Households
- 3173
- Dialing code
- 256
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Encyclopedic overview
Arab (/ˈeɪ.ræb/ ) is a city mostly in Marshall County, with a portion in Cullman County, in the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, located 10 miles (16 km) from Guntersville Lake and Guntersville Dam, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The population was 8,461 at the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arab” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.