Greater Boston
The most densely populated region in Massachusetts, Greater Boston is roughly bounded by the I-95 beltway, Boston Harbor, and Massachusetts Bay.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Boston and Cambridge.
Cambridge
Cambridge is a city in Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston.
Destinations to Discover
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Watertown
Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, part of Greater Boston.
Woburn
Woburn is a city in the Greater Boston region of Massachusetts with a population of 41,000.
Winthrop
Winthrop is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
Dedham
Dedham is a town in, and the county seat of, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
Needham
Needham is a town in Massachusetts, near Boston with a population of 32,000.
Stoneham
Stoneham is a Massachusetts city of 23,000 about 9 miles northwest of Boston.
Greater Boston
- Metropolitan statistical area with about 4,940,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan area in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, USA
- Also known as“Boston area”“Boston metro area”“Boston metropolitan area”
- 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
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Greater Boston” goes by many names.
بسطن الكبرىArabic
Մեծ ԲոստոնArmenian
Gran BostonAsturian
Boston RayaBalinese
Голям БостънBulgarian
Gran BostonCatalan
بۆستنی گەورەCentral Kurdish
大波士頓Chinese
大波士顿Chinese
大波士顿地区Chinese
波士頓都會區Chinese
Greater BostonCzech
Velký BostonCzech
Groot-BostonDutch
Granda BostonoEsperanto
Gran BostonGalician
Ευρύτερη ΒοστώνηGreek
בוסטון רבתיHebrew
Boston RayaIndonesian
Bostún MórIrish
Area metropolitana di BostonItalian
グレーター・ボストンJapanese
グレイター・ボストンJapanese
ボストン都市圏Japanese
大ボストンJapanese
그레이터 보스턴Korean
메트로 보스턴Korean
보스턴 대도시권Korean
보스턴 도시권Korean
보스턴권Korean
بوستون بزرگPersian
Wielki BostonPolish
Большой БостонRussian
Greater BostonScots
Greater BostonSlovenian
Metropolitansko območje BostonSlovenian
Veliki BostonSlovenian
قرئیتر بوزتونSouth Azerbaijani
Greater BostonSwedish
StorbostonSwedish
பெருநகர பாஸ்டன்Tamil
Великий БостонUkrainian
بوسٹن عظمیUrdu
Đại BostonVietnamese
Vùng Đại BostonVietnamese
Vùng đô thị BostonVietnamese
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