The City of Cambridge is located in southeast Middlesex County across the Charles River from the City of Boston and occupies a land area of 6.43 square miles. Cambridge is bordered by the Towns of Watertown and Belmont on the west and the Town of Arlington and the City of Somerville on the north. The 2020 U.S. Census reported 118,403 residents in Cambridge.
Cambridge is widely known as the University City. Harvard, America's oldest university, was established here in 1636, six years after the City itself was settled. It is also home to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lesley University, and the Hult International School of Business. More than one-fifth of residents are students, and approximately one in six of all jobs are at these institutions. Yet Cambridge is more than a university city, it features high-tech workers and professionals, political activists, street musicians, and immigrants from around the world.
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