South Boston

Honor. Tradition. Loyalty. If you're familiar with South Boston as presented on the silver screen, these values might spring foremost to your mind. You wouldn't be wrong, but a lot has changed since mob boss Whitey Bulger controlled his criminal underworld from here during the 1970s.
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  • Suburb with 571,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 46 feet (14 metres)
  • Description: neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as
    “02127”
    “Dorchester Heights”
    “S. Boston”
    “South Boston, Boston, MA”
    “South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts”
    “South Boston, MA”
    “South Boston, Mass.”
    “South Boston, Massachusetts”
    “Southie”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish and Holy Trinity Albanian Orthodox Church.
is a Catholic parish…
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is a rapid transit station in Boston, Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South End and Downtown Boston.
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Possessing the largest Victorian row house district…
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Downtown is really the heart of the city.
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, or Upham's Corner, is a commercial…

South Boston

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Latitude
42.33343° or 42° 20′ 0″ north
Longitude
-71.0495° or 71° 2′ 58″ west
UN/LOCODE
US SBC
Open location code
87JC8XM2+96
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158846869
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4951305
Wiki­data ID
Q1759693

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“South Boston” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جنوب بوسطن”
  • Asturian: “South Boston”
  • Basque: “South Boston”
  • Catalan: “South Boston”
  • Cebuano: “South Boston”
  • Chinese: “南波士頓”
  • Chinese: “南波士頓地區”
  • Chinese: “南波士顿”
  • Chinese: “南波士顿区”
  • Chinese: “南波士顿地区”
  • Chinese: “波士頓南區”
  • Dutch: “South Boston”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنوب بوسطن”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Bostono”
  • Finnish: “South Boston”
  • French: “Boston du sud”
  • French: “South Boston”
  • German: “South Boston”
  • Hebrew: “בוסטון/סיפורט”
  • Hungarian: “South Boston”
  • Irish: “Boston Dheas”
  • Irish: “Bostún Theas”
  • Italian: “South Boston”
  • Japanese: “サウス・ボストン”
  • Japanese: “南ボストン”
  • Persian: “بوستون جنوبی”
  • Portuguese: “South Boston”
  • Russian: “Саут Бостон”
  • Slovenian: “South Boston”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گونئی بوستون”
  • Spanish: “South Boston”
  • Swedish: “South Boston”
  • Turkish: “South Boston”
  • Urdu: “ساؤتھ بوسٹن”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Boston, Boston”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Boston, Massachusetts”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Boston”
  • Vietnamese: “South Boston”

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