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Stamford, Connecticut

Northern America

Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, 34 miles outside New York City. It is the sixth most populous city in New England, the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, and Connecticut's second most populous city behind Bridgeport. Its population reached 135,470 at the 2020 census, surpassing Hartford and New Haven, and it lies within the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metropolitan statistical area, itself part of the New York City metropolitan area.

Facts
Population
135,470 1
Area (sq km)
134.7543 2
Founding Year
1641 2
Population Estimate Year
2020 2
Elevation (m)
7 2
Latitude
41.096667 degrees north 2
Longitude
73.552222 degrees west 2
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Sources
1. Stamford, Connecticut (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, population
    population = 135470
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Stamford, Connecticut (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 41.096667, longitude -73.552222
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 7 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 134.7543 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1641
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population (2020)
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Wikidata: Stamford, Connecticut
Wikidata Q49169, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Wikidata: United States
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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