Greater Boston

The most densely populated region in , Greater Boston is roughly bounded by the I-95 beltway, Boston Harbor, and Massachusetts Bay.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Boston and Cambridge.

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A city of history and tradition, offers a proud…

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is a city in , across the Charles River from .

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Downtown is really the heart of the city.

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Quincy and Brookline.

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is in .

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is a primarily residential, although fairly high density, suburb of .

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Older Bostonians might still derisively call…

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is a city in and a western suburb of .

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is a northwestern suburb of in .

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is a city in , United States.

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is a city in of 62,000.

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is a suburb of in the state of .

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is a city in , United States, part of Greater Boston.

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is a city in the American state of .

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is a city in with a population of 49,000.

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is a city in the Greater Boston region of with a population of 41,000.

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is a city in , United States.

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is a town in …

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is a town in, and the county seat of, , United States.

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is a town of 46,000 people in .

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is a town in , near with a population of 32,000.

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is a city in in the Greater Boston area.

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is a town in Greater Boston, , just north of the city.

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is a city of 23,000 about 9 miles northwest of .

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is a town of 26,000 people in Greater Boston.

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, is a scenic town 12 miles…

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is a town in with a population of 12,000.

Greater Boston

  • Type: metropolitan statistical area with 4,940,000 residents
  • Description: metropolitan area in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, USA
  • Also known as: “aire métropolitaine de Boston”, “Area metropolitana de Boston-Cambridge-Quincy”, “Área metropolitana de Boston-Cambridge-Quincy”, “Boston area”, “Boston metro area”, “Boston metropolitan area”, “Đại Boston”, “Metropolitansko območje Boston”, “région métropolitaine de Boston”, “그레이터 보스턴”, “메트로 보스턴”, “보스턴권”, “グレイター・ボストン”, “ボストン都市圏”, “大ボストン”, “大波士顿地区”, and “波士頓都會區”
  • Category: region
  • Location: , , , ,
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Latitude of center
42.3582° or 42° 21′ 29″ north
Longitude of center
-71.0637° or 71° 3′ 49″ west
Population
4,940,000
Wiki­data ID
Q1190137
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Greater Boston” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بسطن الكبرى”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ Բոստոն”
  • Asturian: “Gran Boston”
  • Balinese: “Boston Raya”
  • Bulgarian: “Голям Бостън”
  • Catalan: “Gran Boston”
  • Central Kurdish: “بۆستنی گەورە”
  • Chinese: “大波士頓”
  • Chinese: “大波士顿”
  • Czech: “Velký Boston”
  • Dutch: “Groot-Boston”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Bostono”
  • French: “Grand Boston”
  • Galician: “Gran Boston”
  • German: “Metropolregion Greater Boston”
  • Greek: “Ευρύτερη Βοστώνη”
  • Hebrew: “בוסטון רבתי”
  • Indonesian: “Boston Raya”
  • Irish: “Bostún Mór”
  • Italian: “Area metropolitana di Boston”
  • Japanese: “グレーター・ボストン”
  • Korean: “보스턴 대도시권”
  • Korean: “보스턴 도시권”
  • Persian: “بوستون بزرگ”
  • Polish: “Wielki Boston”
  • Russian: “Большой Бостон”
  • Scots: “Greater Boston”
  • Slovenian: “Veliki Boston”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قرئیتر بوزتون”
  • Spanish: “Gran Boston”
  • Swedish: “Greater Boston”
  • Swedish: “Storboston”
  • Tamil: “பெருநகர பாஸ்டன்”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий Бостон”
  • Urdu: “بوسٹن عظمی”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Đại Boston”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng đô thị Boston”

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