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Maryland
Capital Region

Montgomery County

Montgomery County is in the of , right on the border with , and is home to about one million people. It is one of the wealthiest counties in the country, in no small part due to how highly educated its populace is—it holds the country's record for postgraduate degrees per capita.
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is a city in Montgomery County, . It is characterized by rolling hills, historic towns, and high tech industries…

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is in Montgomery County, , 1½ miles northwest of Wealthy and well-educated, is best known for its numerous restaurants and as the headquarters of the National Institutes of Health.

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is a city of 70,000 people in Montgomery County, . It is a suburb of …

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is a city of 18,000 people in Montgomery County, . It is a suburb of Washington D.C. is known for its Bohemian atmosphere and progressiveness, and has been called the "Berkeley of the East" and "The People's Republic of ."…

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is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, . It is considered to be an "edge city". It sits next door to Washington, DC, and had about 82,000 residents in 2018.

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is an urbanized census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. With a population of 91,249 as of the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous community in Maryland, after and .

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is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 47,018.

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is a suburb of in the of with a population of about 2,100 people in 2020. The main reasons to visit are antique shopping at Antique Row, to see the enormous Mormon Temple, and one great pizza place.

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, along with its smaller neighbors Sandy Spring and Brookeville, lies in the northeast of Montgomery County, . All three are quiet, wealthy towns and exurbs of , home to a good-sized Quaker population, and with a more rural, slower-paced character than other suburbs of D.C.

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is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, . It is a suburb of Washington D.C.

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is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, . It is a suburb of Washington D.C.

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, Maryland, is a fairly oddball choice for a trip, as people generally don't think to visit the countryside so close to just southeast.

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, sometimes called East County, is a suburban area in the eastern part of Montgomery County, . Other neighborhoods within this region include White Oak, Hillandale, Cloverly, Fairland, Briggs Chaney, Spencerville, and Ashton.

Montgomery County

Latitude of center
39.1406° or 39° 8′ 26″ north
Longitude of center
-77.2076° or 77° 12′ 27″ west
Population
972,000
Elevation
456 feet (139 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316964640
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4362716
Wiki­data ID
Q488659
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Montgomery County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Montgomery County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة مونتغومري”
  • Armenian: “Մոնտգոմերի շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Montgomery”
  • Azerbaijani: “Montqomeri qraflığı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Montqomeri”
  • Basque: “Montgomery konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Montgomery County, Maryland”
  • Bavarian: “Montgomery County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Мантгомеры”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Мантгомэры”
  • Belarusian: “Мантгомеры (акруга, Мэрыленд)”
  • Belarusian: “Мантгомеры”
  • Belarusian: “Мантгомэры”
  • Bishnupriya: “মন্টগোমেরী কাউন্টি, মেরিল্যান্ড”
  • Bishnupriya: “মন্টগোমেরী কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Монтгомъри”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Montgomery”
  • Catalan: “Montgomery”
  • Cebuano: “Montgomery County”
  • Chechen: “Монтгомери (гуо, Мэриленд)”
  • Chechen: “Монтгомери”
  • Chinese: “Montgomery Kūn”
  • Chinese: “蒙哥馬利縣”
  • Chinese: “蒙哥马利县”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Montgomery, Tir Maria”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Montgomery”
  • Danish: “Montgomery Amt”
  • Dutch: “Montgomery County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Montgomery”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Montgomery”
  • Estonian: “Montgomery maakond”
  • Finnish: “Montgomeryn piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Montgomery”
  • French: “comté de Montgomery”
  • French: “Comté de Montgomery”
  • Georgian: “მონტგომერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Montgomery County”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Μοντγκόμερι”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Μοντγκόμερι”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז מונטגומרי”
  • Hungarian: “Montgomery megye”
  • Icelandic: “Montgomery County”
  • Icelandic: “Montgomery-sýsla”
  • Inari Sami: “Montgomery pirrâdâhkodde”
  • Indonesian: “County Montgomery, Maryland”
  • Indonesian: “Montgomery County”
  • Irish: “Contae Montgomery”
  • Italian: “contea di Montgomery”
  • Italian: “Contea di Montgomery”
  • Italian: “Montgomery County”
  • Japanese: “モンゴメリー郡”
  • Korean: “몽고메리군”
  • Low German: “Montgomery County”
  • Marathi: “माँटगोमरी काउंटी, मेरीलँड”
  • Marathi: “माँटगोमरी काउंटी”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Montgomery Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Montgomery Kūn”
  • Moksha: “Монтгомэри”
  • Northern Frisian: “Montgomery County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Montgomery County i Maryland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Montgomery County”
  • Norwegian: “Montgomery County”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “comtat de Montgomery”
  • Ossetian: “Монтгомери (зылд, Мэриленд)”
  • Ossetian: “Монтгомери”
  • Ossetian: “Монтгомерийы зылд”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مانتگامری، مریلند”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مونت گومری”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مونتگومری، مریلند”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Montgomery”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Montgomery”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Montgomery, Maryland”
  • Romanian: “comitatul Montgomery”
  • Russian: “Монтгомери”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Montgomery”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Montgomery County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Монтгомери”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Montgomery County, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Montgomery County”
  • Slovenian: “Montgomery County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Montgomery”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Montgomery (Maryland)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Montgomery”
  • Swedish: “Montgomery County, Maryland”
  • Swedish: “Montgomery County”
  • Tatar: “Монтгомери (округ, Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Монтгомери”
  • Turkish: “Montgomery bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Montgomery County, Maryland”
  • Turkish: “Montgomery County, Md.”
  • Turkish: “Montgomery County, MD”
  • Turkish: “Montgomery County”
  • Turkish: “Montgomery ilçesi, Maryland”
  • Turkish: “Montgomery ilçesi, Md.”
  • Turkish: “Montgomery ilçesi, MD”
  • Turkish: “Montgomery ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Монтгомері”
  • Ukrainian: “Монтґомері”
  • Urdu: “مونٹگمری کاؤنٹی، میری لینڈ”
  • Venetian: “contea de Montgomery”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Montgomery, Maryland”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Montgomery”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Montgomery, Maryland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Montgomery”
  • Welsh: “Montgomery County, Maryland”
  • Welsh: “Montgomery County”
  • Western Panjabi: “مونٹگومری کاؤنٹی، میری لینڈ”

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