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Cincinnati is a city in the U.S.
state of Ohio and the county seat of
Hamilton County. The municipality is
located north of the Ohio River at
the Ohio-Kentucky border. The
population within city limits was
estimated to be 333,200 in 2009,
making it the state's third-largest
city. According to a 2008 Census
Bureau estimate, the Cincinnati
metropolitan area had a population
of 2,155,137 making it the largest
MSA in Ohio (surpassing Cleveland,
which ranks 26th), and the 24th most
populous in the United States.
Residents of Cincinnati are called
Cincinnatians.
In the
early nineteenth century, Cincinnati
was the first American boomtown in
the heart of the country to rival
the larger coastal cities in size
and wealth. As the first major
inland city in the country, it is
sometimes thought of as the first
purely American city. It developed
initially without as much recent
European immigration or influence as
took place in eastern cities. But by
the end of the nineteenth century,
with the shift from steamboats to
railroads, Cincinnati's growth had
slowed considerably and the city
became surpassed in population by
many other inland Midwest cities,
especially Chicago.
Cincinnati is home to major sports
teams, including the Cincinnati Reds
and the Cincinnati Bengals, and it
sponsors annual events such as the
Cincinnati Masters tennis
tournament, the Ohio Valley Jazz
Festival, and the Thanksgiving Day
race. The University of Cincinnati
traces its foundation to the Medical
College of Ohio, which was founded
in 1819.
Cincinnati is known for having one
of the larger collections of
nineteenth-century Italianate
architecture in the U.S., primarily
concentrated just north of Downtown
in an area known as Over-the-Rhine.
Over-the-Rhine, for many years a
neighborhood of German immigrants,
is one of the largest historic
districts listed on the National
Register of Historic Places.
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