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  2. List of municipalities in Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. state of Connecticut is divided into 169 municipalities, including 19 cities, 149 towns and one borough, which are grouped into eight historical counties, as well as nine planning regions which serve as county equivalents . Towns traditionally have a town meeting form of government; under the Home Rule Act, however, towns are free to ...

  3. List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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    In 1986, California named benitoite as its state gemstone, a form of the mineral barium titanium silicate that is unique to the Golden State and only found in gem quality in San Benito County. [ 80 ] ^ Colorado is the only state whose geological symbols reflect the national flag's colors: red (rhodochrosite), white (yule marble), and blue ...

  4. List of covered bridges in Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Below is a list of covered bridges in Connecticut. As of 2021, there were nine authentic covered bridges in the U.S. state of Connecticut; three of these are historic. [1]: 20 A covered bridge is considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction.

  5. Luminous gemstones - Wikipedia

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    The first theme is using legendary luminous gems to illuminate buildings, for navigation lights on ships, or sometimes as guiding lights for lost persons (Ball 1938: 498–500). In India, the earliest country in which fine gemstones were known, belief in luminous gems dates back some twenty-five centuries.

  6. Gem towns - Wikipedia

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    Gem towns. The gem towns are 51 British towns chosen by the Council for British Archaeology in 1964 from a list 324 historic towns and cities that were thought to be "particularly splendid and precious". [1] The compilation of the list was in response to the 1963 Colin Buchanan report, Traffic in Towns and the redevelopment of Worcester town ...

  7. Category:Cities in Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Category. : Cities in Connecticut. This is a non-diffused parent category for categories . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. in Category:Cities in Connecticut by county. It should hold all the pages in the county-level categories, and may hold other pages such as lists. county-level articles not in this parent category.

  8. Geography of Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. state of Connecticut is bordered on the south by Long Island Sound, on the west by New York, on the north by Massachusetts, and on the east by Rhode Island. The state capital and fourth largest city is Hartford, and other major cities and towns (by population) include Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, Danbury, New ...

  9. List of hospitals in Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Knight Hospital (psychiatric) – Mansfield (closed in 1993, now part of the Depot Campus of the University of Connecticut; Newington Children's Hospital – Newington (relocated to Hartford as Connecticut Children's Medical Center) Norwich State Hospital (psychiatric) – Preston; Park City Hospital (Bridgeport) – Bridgeport