Boston
A city of history and tradition, Boston offers a proud legacy of culture, education, and numerous sporting championships. The city's independent spirit has been displayed to the world ever since colonists angry over a British tax on their beloved tea dumped shiploads of it into the harbor in protest.Photo: Nelson48, Public domain.
Popular Destinations
Downtown Boston
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Downtown Boston is really the heart of the city. Boston City Hall is here, and many powerful companies and agencies are headquartered in the area.
Back Bay-Beacon Hill
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Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods.
South Boston
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Honor. Tradition. Loyalty. If you're familiar with South Boston as presented on the silver screen, these values might spring foremost to your mind.
Destinations
Boston Logan International Airport
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Boston Logan International Airport is modern, clean, easy to navigate, and the primary gateway to Boston and New England.
North End
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Known as "Little Italy" for over a hundred years, the North End proudly carries the torch of Boston's Italian heritage.
Allston-Brighton
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Both bound closely with Boston while remaining a bit cut off, Allston/Brighton is defined by the colleges that surround it.
Fenway-Kenmore
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The Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood is named after Kenmore Square, and after the Fens, both of which it encompasses.
South End
Possessing the largest Victorian row house district in the country, the South End is one of Boston's most popular places.Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill
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Jamaica Plain and Mission Hill are two distinct neighborhoods within the City of Boston.
Roxbury
One of the first towns founded in Massachusetts Bay, Roxbury is located at the geographic center of Boston.Outer Neighborhoods
The Outer Neighborhoods of Boston are four distinct neighborhoods that have been consolidated here for the visitor.Charlestown
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Boston's Charlestown was the traditional home of employees at the now-decommissioned Navy Yard.
East Boston
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A lot of neighborhoods claim to be diverse, but East Boston is the real deal.
Notable Places in the Area
TD Garden
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TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
USS Constitution
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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy.
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Massachusetts General Hospital is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, Harvard University located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Localities in the Area
Somerville
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Older Bostonians might still derisively call it "Slummerville", but today that tired old moniker couldn't be further from the truth.
Brookline
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Brookline is a primarily residential, although fairly high density, suburb of Boston.
Boston
- Type: City with 676,000 residents
- Description: capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States
- Postal codes: 02108-02118, 02123, 02127, 02128, 02133, 02163, 02196, 02199, 02201, 02203-02206, 02210, 02211, 02215, 02217, 02222, 02241, 02266, 02283, 02284, 02293 and 02297
- Neighbors: Brookline, Cambridge, Everett, Milton, Needham, Newton, Quincy, Revere, Somerville, Watertown and Winthrop
- Categories: city in the United States, big city, county seat and locality
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.3554° or 42° 21' 20" northLongitude
-71.0605° or 71° 3' 38" westPopulation
676,000Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)IATA airport code
BOSUnited Nations Location Code
US BOSOpen Location Code
87JC9W4Q+5QOpenStreetMap ID
node 158809705OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
4930956Wikidata ID
Q100Boston Satellite Map
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- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܒܘܣܛܘܢ
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- Western Armenian: Պոսթըն
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- Western Panjabi: بوسٹن
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- Baston
- Mushauwomuk
- Old Boston
- Pohotone
- Shawmut
- Shawmutt
- Shawnnut
- Totant
- Tramount
- Tremont
- Trimountain
- Trimountaine
- Wahstoronòn:ke
- Wastok
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