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Provincetown
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town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Barnstable
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Town manager
- Alex Morse
- Select board
- David Abramson, Chair, John Golden, Vice Chair, Erik Borg, Leslie Sandberg, Austin Miller
- Total
- 17.5 sq mi (45 km )
- Land
- 9.7 sq mi (25 km )
- Water
- 7.8 sq mi (20 km )
- Federal land
- 7.0 sq mi (18 km )
- Local land
- 2.7 sq mi (7.0 km )
- Highest elevation
- 100 ft (30 m)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Density
- 378/sq mi (145.8/km )
- Local density
- 1,114.4/sq mi (430.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( E. Daylight (EDT) )
- Zip code
- 02657
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Provincetown
- Population
- 2942
- Area
- 17.5
- Elevation
- 0
- Official website
- www.provincetown-ma.gov
- Image
- View of Provincetown from Pilgrim Monument looking east, MA, USA - Sept, 2013.jpg
- Households
- 1725
- Dialing code
- 508
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- Commons category
- Provincetown, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 02657
- inception
- 1700-00-00
- per capita income
- 69287
- native label
- Provincetown
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Provincetown (/ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn/) is a town located at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States census, Provincetown has a summer population as high as 60,000. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Often called "P-town" or "Ptown", the locale is known as a vacation destination for its beaches, harbor, artists, and tourist industry, particularly for LGBTQ people.
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