Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of <a href="/facts/Ohio/YutCnTlh">Ohio</a> and the <a href="/facts/County_seat/ItAWPoWw">county seat</a> of <a href="/facts/Cuyahoga_County%2c_Ohio/YU1zgTRb">Cuyahoga County</a>. Located along the southern shore of <a href="/facts/Lake_Erie/m9RScPVI">Lake Erie</a>, it is situated across the <a href="/facts/Canada%25E2%2580%2593United_States_border/Q7TTKItn">Canada–U.S. maritime border</a> and approximately 60 mi (97 km) west of the Ohio-<a href="/facts/Pennsylvania/HGqC5bBm">Pennsylvania</a> state border. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the <a href="/facts/List_of_cities_in_Ohio/d9hGxANN">second-most populous city</a> in Ohio, and the <a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population/rcYY6hsJ">53rd-most populous city</a> in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the <a href="/facts/Greater_Cleveland/KfR3kh5S">Cleveland metropolitan area</a>, the <a href="/facts/Metropolitan_statistical_area/Y2yX0KJg">33rd-largest</a> in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland–<a href="/facts/Akron%2c_Ohio/GH3anrAS">Akron</a>–<a href="/facts/Canton%2c_Ohio/TqSd9vCm">Canton</a> <a href="/facts/Combined_statistical_area/tq6UTDlD">combined statistical area</a> with 3.63 million residents.
Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the <a href="/facts/Cuyahoga_River/8SffmGvy">Cuyahoga River</a> as part of the <a href="/facts/Connecticut_Western_Reserve/GtGCAo1j">Connecticut Western Reserve</a> in modern-day <a href="/facts/Northeast_Ohio/dx4xmjXC">Northeast Ohio</a> by General <a href="/facts/Moses_Cleaveland/EQYqEN9a">Moses Cleaveland</a>, after whom the city was named. The city's location on the river and the lake shore allowed it to grow into a major commercial and industrial <a href="/facts/Metropolis/s0mIpkgD">metropolis</a> by the late 19th century, attracting large numbers of <a href="/facts/Immigration_to_the_United_States/KT75X7Uc">immigrants</a> and <a href="/facts/Great_Migration_(African_American)/q5Cvobkb">migrants</a>. It was among the <a href="/facts/Largest_cities_in_the_United_States_by_population_by_decade/sTAbPbsg">top 10 largest U.S. cities by population</a> for much of the 20th century, a period that saw the development of the city's cultural institutions. By the 1960s, Cleveland's economy began to slow down as <a href="/facts/Manufacturing_in_the_United_States/aldDH3Jl">manufacturing</a> declined and <a href="/facts/Suburb/8Nv6KVJr">suburbanization</a> occurred.
Cleveland is a <a href="/facts/Port_of_Cleveland/sIUMJCJX">port city</a>, connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the <a href="/facts/Saint_Lawrence_Seaway/bVP7lw6V">Saint Lawrence Seaway</a>. <a href="/facts/Economy_of_Greater_Cleveland/lvGSBf1h">Its economy</a> relies on diverse sectors that include higher education, manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, and biomedicals. The city serves as the headquarters of the <a href="/facts/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Cleveland/CCMNFgSm">Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland</a>, as well as several major companies. The GDP for the Greater Cleveland MSA was US$138.3 billion in 2022. Combined with the <a href="/facts/Akron_metropolitan_area/dCkGMbfh">Akron MSA</a>, the eight-county Cleveland–Akron metropolitan economy was $176 billion in 2022, the largest in Ohio.
Designated as a <a href="/facts/Global_city/Lqv5NqA5">global city</a> by the <a href="/facts/Globalization_and_World_Cities_Research_Network/xdxbC98a">Globalization and World Cities Research Network</a>, Cleveland is home to several major cultural institutions, including the <a href="/facts/Cleveland_Museum_of_Art/5MAUeCEX">Cleveland Museum of Art</a>, the <a href="/facts/Cleveland_Museum_of_Natural_History/jQAbomTj">Cleveland Museum of Natural History</a>, the <a href="/facts/Cleveland_Orchestra/c3gLwUAX">Cleveland Orchestra</a>, the <a href="/facts/Cleveland_Public_Library/Wxu8zSfB">Cleveland Public Library</a>, <a href="/facts/Playhouse_Square/BRcTNJBT">Playhouse Square</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame/6hRagsTD">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>, as well as <a href="/facts/Case_Western_Reserve_University/S0xlUbTM">Case Western Reserve University</a>. Known as "<a href="/facts/The_Forest_City/YlB3xQfW">The Forest City</a>" among many other <a href="/facts/Nicknames_of_Cleveland/1HraCaIS">nicknames</a>, Cleveland serves as the center of the <a href="/facts/Cleveland_Metroparks/Iomwq3tt">Cleveland Metroparks</a> nature reserve system. The city's major league <a href="/facts/Sports_in_Cleveland/AypeRjeV">professional sports teams</a> include the <a href="/facts/Cleveland_Browns/dK1hEX4q">Cleveland Browns</a> (<a href="/facts/American_football/TGzJa1nW">football</a>; <a href="/facts/NFL/cBH0hxRV">NFL</a>), the <a href="/facts/Cleveland_Cavaliers/0KEYAmC3">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> (basketball; <a href="/facts/NBA/Vd3EUFfa">NBA</a>), and the <a href="/facts/Cleveland_Guardians/GCQYLGRa">Cleveland Guardians</a> (baseball; <a href="/facts/MLB/4WW9yef3">MLB</a>).

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