Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut, known historically as a major center of the insurance industry and American literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
state capital
area 46.5 km²
areaCode 860
959
areaLand 44.5 km²
areaWater 2.0 km²
averageAnnualSnowfall ~50 in
averageJanuaryTemperature around −3 °C to 2 °C
averageJulyTemperature around 19 °C to 30 °C
capitalOf Connecticut
climate humid continental climate
continent North America
country United States of America
demonym Hartford resident
elevationAboveSeaLevel 18 m
59 ft
foundedBy Puritan settlers
Thomas Hooker
hasCulturalInstitution Connecticut Science Center
Hartford Stage
Real Art Ways
The Bushnell
hasLandmark Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Bushnell Park
Connecticut Convention Center
Connecticut State Capitol
Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Hartford)
surface form: Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

Mark Twain House and Museum
Old State House
Riverfront Plaza
Trinity College
surface form: Trinity College campus

University of Hartford campus
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
XL Center
hasPart Asylum Hill
Barry Square
Blue Hills
Hartford, Connecticut, United States self-linksurface differs
surface form: Downtown Hartford

Frog Hollow
North End
Sheldon-Charter Oak
South End
South Meadows
Upper Albany
West End
hasSportsTeam Hartford Yard Goats
hasSportsVenue Dunkin' Park
hasUniversity Trinity College
University of Hartford campus
surface form: University of Hartford

University of Saint Joseph (nearby, West Hartford)
headOfGovernment Mayor of Hartford
headquartersLocationOf Aetna
Hartford Steam Boiler
The Hartford
Travelers Companies
historicalEvent center of 19th-century American literary activity
site of the Hartford Convention (1814–1815)
inception 1635
incorporated 1784
knownFor American literature
insurance industry
KöppenClimateClassification Dfa
legislativeBody Hartford, Connecticut, United States self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hartford City Council
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Hartford County
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedOnRiver Connecticut River
Park River
majorIndustry insurance
metropolitanAreaPopulation 1,212,381
metropolitanAreaPopulationAsOf 2020
namedAfter Hertford
surface form: Hertford, England
nickname Insurance Capital of the World
The Insurance City
notableResident Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mark Twain
Noah Webster
officialLanguage English
partOf Greater Hartford
New England
population 121,054
populationAsOf 2020
postalCode 06101
06103
06105
roadJunctionOf Interstate 84
Interstate 91
U.S. Route 44
U.S. Route 5
servedByAirport Bradley International Airport
servedByRailwayStation Hartford Union Station
settled 1635
state Connecticut

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samuel residence Hartford, Connecticut, United States
subject surface form: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Susy Clemens residence Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Willie Pep residence Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut seeCity Hartford, Connecticut, United States
this entity surface form: Hartford, Connecticut