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Appalachia
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Appalachia
Appalachia
( or ) is a
cultural region
in the
Eastern United States
that stretches from the
Southern Tier
of
New York
to northern
Alabama
,
Mississippi
and
Georgia
. While the
Appalachian Mountains
stretch from
Belle Isle
in Canada to
Cheaha Mountain
in Alabama, the cultural region of Appalachia typically refers only to the central and southern portions of the range. As of the
2010 census
, the region was home to approximately 25 million people, containing the major cities of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
;
Knoxville, Tennessee
;
Chattanooga, Tennessee
;
Birmingham, Alabama
; and
Asheville, North Carolina
.
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