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Orono (/ ˈ ɒr ə n oʊ / ORR-ə-noh) is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. Located on the Penobscot and Stillwater rivers, it was first settled by American colonists in 1774. They named it in honor of Chief Joseph Orono , a sachem of the indigenous Penobscot nation who long occupied this territory.
Orono is located at (44.888769, −68.67115 The Orono CDP consists of all of the town east of Interstate 95, including the primary settled area in the town.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.7 square miles (20.0 km 2), of which 7.1 square miles (18.3 km 2) is land and 0.66 square miles (1.7 km 2), or 8.55%, is water.
According to the 2020 United States census, Maine is the 9th least populous state, with 1,372,247 inhabitants, and the 12th smallest by land area, spanning 30,842.92 square miles (79,882.8 km 2). [1] Maine is divided into 16 counties and contains 482 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and plantations. [2]
The University of Maine is the flagship of the University of Maine System. [7] [15] [16] [17] The president of the university is Joan Ferrini-Mundy. [18]The senior administration governs cooperatively with the chancellor of the University of Maine system, Dannel Malloy, and the sixteen members of the University of Maine Board of Trustees (of which fifteen are appointed by the governor of Maine ...
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Maine's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Maine. Covering 27,326 square miles (70,770 km 2 ), it comprises nearly 92% of the state's total land area. The district comprises most of the land area north of the Portland and Augusta metropolitan areas.
The five United States statistical areas and 16 counties of the State of Maine; Core-based statistical area [1] 2023 population (est.) [3] County 2023 population (est.) [3] Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME CSA: 680,094 Portland-South Portland, ME MSA: 566,329 Cumberland County, Maine: 310,230 York County, Maine: 218,586 Sagadahoc County ...
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