Place:Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States

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Name
Fayetteville
Alternate names
Cambelltown     (Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) IV, 706)
Campbellton     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37009799)
Cross Creek     (Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) IV, 706; USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37009799)
Lower Campbellton     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37009799)
Upper Campbellton     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37009799)
Type
City
Coordinates
35.067°N 78.917°W
Located in
Cumberland, North Carolina, United States     (1739 - )

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Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 121,015. It is the county seat of Cumberland County , and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army post located northwest of the city.

As of 2006 the city of Fayetteville has a population over 174,000 and ranks as the sixth largest municipality in North Carolina. Fayetteville is located near the Sandhills in the western part of the Coastal Plain region, on the Cape Fear River. With a population of 502,963, the Fayetteville metropolitan area is the largest in southeastern North Carolina, and the fourth largest in the state. Major suburban areas of the Fayetteville metro include Hope Mills, Spring Lake, and Raeford. Fayetteville will be annexing portions of Fort Bragg into the city's overall population, possibly in 2007. This will push the city's population well over 200,000.

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