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Bangor
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city in and county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States
Bangor is a city in Maine that serves as the county seat of Penobscot County, making it an important administrative center for the region. As the largest city in eastern Maine, it has historically been a significant commercial and cultural hub for the area.
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- Instance of
- county seat
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Penobscot County
- Population
- 31753
- Area
- 89.59796
- Elevation
- 36
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Body of water
- Penobscot River
- Capital of
- Penobscot County
- Official website
- www.bangormaine.gov
- Image
- BangorME Downtown.jpg
- Households
- 13968
- Dialing code
- 207
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bangor, Maine
- Commons category
- Bangor, Maine
- topic's main category
- Category:Bangor, Maine
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Bangor, Maine
- postal code
- 04402
- IPA transcription
- ˈbæŋ.ɡɔːr
- P8168
- Ulom
- water as percent of area
- 0.9636
- different from
- Bangor
- per capita income
- 31185
- date of incorporation
- 1834-02-12
- P12749
- Friedrich Wetter
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Encyclopedic overview
Bangor (/ˈbæŋɡɔːr/ BANG-gor) is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's third-most populous city, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121). Bangor is known as the "Queen City".
Modern Bangor was established in the mid-19th century with the lumber and shipbuilding industries. Due to the city's location on the Penobscot River, logs could be floated downstream from the Maine North Woods and processed at the city's water-powered sawmills, then shipped from Bangor's port to the Atlantic Ocean 30 miles (48 km) downstream, and from there to any port in the world. Evidence of this is still visible in the lumber barons' elaborate Greek Revival and Victorian mansions and the 31-foot-high (9.4 m) statue of Paul Bunyan. Today, Bangor's economy is based on services and retail, healthcare, and education.
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