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Charlotte is the largest city in North Carolina and the 20th largest in the United States, with a population of approximately 610,949 (2005 estimate).
The Charlotte metropolitan area (MSA) had a 2006 estimated population of 1,794,799 As of 2005, the Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury combined statistical area (CSA) had a population of 2,120,745[3].
Charlotte is the county seat of Mecklenburg CountyGR6, and is located in south-central North Carolina, near the South Carolina border. Nicknamed The Queen City (which it shares with Cincinnati, Ohio and Buffalo, NY), Charlotte was named in honor of Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III of United Kingdom. After being driven out by the fierce opposition of the city's citizens to British occupation during the American Revolution, General Cornwallis famously wrote Charlotte was "a hornet's nest of rebellion." A resident of Charlotte is referred to as a Charlottean
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