Knoxville metropolitan area

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metropolitan area

The Knoxville metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in East Tennessee centered on the city of Knoxville and its surrounding suburban and rural communities.

Aliases (8)

Greater Knoxville area ×2
Knoxville, Tennessee metropolitan area ×2
Knoxville MSA ×1
Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area ×1
Knoxville metropolitan suburbs ×1
Knoxville urban area ×1
Knoxville–Morristown–Sevierville combined statistical area ×1
greater Knoxville metropolitan area ×1

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metropolitan area →
climate	humid subtropical climate →
containsCity	Alcoa → Clinton → Farragut → Knoxville → Lenoir City → Loudon → Maryville → Oak Ridge →
containsCounty	Anderson County → Blount County → Knox County → Loudon County → Union County →
containsFederalFacility	Y-12 National Security Complex →
containsNationalLaboratory	Oak Ridge National Laboratory →
containsTown	Bearden → Corryton → East Knoxville → Fountain City → Halls Crossroads → Hardin Valley → Karns → Kingston → Kodak → Mascot → Maynardville → New Market → North Knoxville → Oliver Springs → Powell → Rockwood → Rutledge → Seymour → South Knoxville → Strawberry Plains → West Knoxville →
containsTVAManagedFacility	Fort Loudoun Dam → Melton Hill Dam → Norris Dam → Watts Bar Dam →
containsUniversity	University of Tennessee, Knoxville →
coreCity	Knoxville →
country	United States →
daylightSavingTimeZone	Eastern Daylight Time →
economicCenterFor	East Tennessee →
governingBody	Knoxville–Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission →
highestPointNearby	Clingmans Dome →
locatedIn	East Tennessee → Tennessee →
majorRiver	French Broad River → Holston River → Tennessee River →
mediaMarketRankInUS	mid-sized media market →
nearbyProtectedArea	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area → Great Smoky Mountains National Park →
partOf	Appalachian region → Southeastern United States → Southern United States →
primaryIndustry	education → energy research → healthcare → manufacturing → retail trade → tourism →
servedByAirport	McGhee Tyson Airport →
servedByInterstateHighway	Interstate 140 → Interstate 40 → Interstate 640 → Interstate 75 →
servedByU.S.Highway	U.S. Route 11 NERFINISHED → U.S. Route 129 NERFINISHED → U.S. Route 25W NERFINISHED → U.S. Route 321 NERFINISHED → U.S. Route 441 NERFINISHED →
sportsMarketFor	Tennessee Volunteers →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
transportationHubFor	East Tennessee →

Referenced by (48)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anderson County, Tennessee → Bearden → Clinton, Tennessee → East Knoxville → Farragut → Grainger County, Tennessee → Jefferson County, Tennessee → Kingston, Tennessee → Lenoir City → Lenoir City ("Greater Knoxville area") → Loudon → Loudon County, Tennessee → Mascot → New Market, Tennessee → Oak Ridge, Tennessee → Old City, Knoxville → Sevierville, Tennessee → South Knoxville ("Knoxville urban area") → Union County, Tennessee →	partOf
Dulin Gallery of Art → Interstate 640 → Kingston, Tennessee →	locatedInMetropolitanArea
Clinton, Tennessee → Kodak, Tennessee → Union County, Tennessee →	metropolitanArea
Interstate 140 ("Greater Knoxville area") → Melton Hill Dam → Pellissippi State Community College →	regionServed
Interstate 140 ("Knoxville, Tennessee metropolitan area") → Knoxville Opera → McGhee Tyson Airport →	serves
New Market, Tennessee ("Knoxville, Tennessee metropolitan area") → Tennessee (eastern portion) →	hasMetropolitanArea
Clinton, Tennessee ("Knoxville–Morristown–Sevierville combined statistical area") → Knox County, Tennessee →	isPartOf
Alcoa → Maryville, Tennessee →	locatedIn
Alcoa ("Knoxville metropolitan suburbs") →	adjacentTo
Knoxville–Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission →	governsArea
Kingston, Tennessee ("greater Knoxville metropolitan area") →	hasMetropolitanContext
Knox County, Tennessee ("Knoxville MSA") →	hasMetropolitanStatisticalArea
Oak Ridge High School →	isInMetropolitanArea
Knoxville, Tennessee →	isPartOfMetropolitanArea
Union County, Tennessee ("Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area") →	partOfMetropolitanArea
Interstate 81 →	passesThrough
Roane County, Tennessee →	region
Knoxville Convention Center →	servesCity
Diocese of East Tennessee →	territoryIncludes