Tourist Guide New Bedford
New Bedford can be described as a city located in ‘Bristol County, Massachusetts, US’. It lies at a distance of 51 miles from southern side of Boston, 28 miles from the southeastern side of Providence, Rhode Island, and 12 miles from the Eastern side of ‘Fall River’.
As per US Census Bureau, the area of New Bedford is 62.2 sq. Km. 3.9 sq.miles out of it consists of water. ‘New Bedford’ falls in the category of coastal cities.
It is a seaport that I bordered by Dartmouth on the western side, Freetown on the northern side, Fairhaven and Acushnet on the eastern side, and Buzzards Bay on the southern side.
This city has been nicknamed ‘The Whaling City’ as it was once considered to be one amongst the most significant ports with regards to whaling industry.
As per census carried out in the year 2000, the population was 93768.
The maximum temperature on an average comes out to be 37.2 degree F.
Majority of natives of New Bedford belong to ‘whaling community’; though this business has declined since the last few years.
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