Columbia (Maryland)
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Location in Maryland
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | June 21, 1967 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maryland | ||
| County : | Howard County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 12 ′ N , 76 ° 51 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 88,254 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 1,236.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 71.7 km 2 (approx. 28 mi 2 ) of which 71.4 km 2 (approx. 28 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 124 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 21044-21046 | ||
| Area code : | +1 410 | ||
| FIPS : | 24-19125 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0590002 | ||
Columbia is a city in the US state of Maryland in the United States .
Sister cities are Cergy-Pontoise in France and Tres Cantos in Spain.
The software company Micros Systems is headquartered in Columbia.
sons and daughters of the town
- Jayson Blair , New York Times reporter
- Michael Chabon (* 1963), Pulitzer Prize winner, author
- Frank Cho (* 1971), inventor of Liberty Meadows
- George Colligan (* 1969), jazz pianist living in New York
- Cristeta Comerford , White House Executive Chef
- Anthony Gregg (* 1986), poker player
- Laura Lippman (born 1959), author
- Aaron McGruder (born 1974), animator
- Edward Norton (* 1969), Academy Award nominee actor
- James W. Rouse , urban planner and philanthropist. Grandfather of actor Edward Norton
- Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle (1907-1996), OM, KBE inventor
- James Shipp (* 1980), jazz musician
- Ian Jones-Quartey , creator of the webcomic RPG World
- JJ Kincaid , New York City Radio
- Stephen Hunter (* 1946), Pulitzer Prize winner, film critic and author
- Tim Neumark , piano player
- D'Monroe , actor
literature
- Joseph Rocco Mitchell and David L. Stebenne, New City Upon A Hill: A History of Columbia, Maryland (The History Press, 2007)
- The New Town of Columbia, Maryland , in: Rudolf H. Moos , Robert Brownstein: Environment and Utopia: a synthesis . New York: Plenum Press, 1977 ISBN 0-306-30985-8 , pp. 127-161
Web links
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