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Located
in the Acadia region of Maine, one of the most popular
and scenic destinations in the USA for summer visitors,
Bangor is the largest city in the lower Penobscot
Valley region and the third largest city in the state.
Known as the Queen City of Maine, Bangor is the commercial,
financial, and cultural center of the eastern and
northern regions of the state. It was settled in the
1760s and fortunes were made in the nineteenth century
when Bangor was known as "the lumber capital
of the world."
Bangor today is a center for modern shopping malls,
outlet centers, and industrial parks. Two of the latest
editions of Macmillan's Places Rated Almanac rated
Bangor as the best North American metropolitan area
with a population of less than 100,000 people.
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