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Long Branch is a resort town on the east coast of the United States in New Jersey . Belongs to Monmouth County .

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The population is 31 thousand people (as of 2010). Located on the Atlantic coast, in the area known as the Jersey Shore , south of New York, in a marine climate zone with mild winters (average January temperature approx. 0 ° C) and warm summers (average July temperature approx. 23 ° C); annual rainfall is about 1000 mm.

Since the 18th century, the area has been popular as a vacation spot with sea bathing; Long Branch is the country's oldest resort, and is still known as one of the best resorts on the east coast [4] . The first settlement was registered in 1668, on land acquired from the Delaware . The development of the summer climate resort began in the 1780s, the resort became especially popular during the gilded century , there was a summer residence of several US presidents. Long Branch was separated into a separate administrative unit from the Ocean Township in 1867, the status of the city since 1903.

The city has a wide sandy beach, many hotels, developed services for tourists. In addition, there are enterprises in the textile industry and electronics, a branch of the private university Monmouth University operates.

Notes

  1. ↑ Long Branch New Jersey - article from Encyclopædia Britannica Online
  2. ↑ 2016 US Gazetteer Files - U.S. Census Bureau , 2016.
    <a href=" https://wikidata.org/wiki/Track:Q637413 "> </a> <a href=" https://wikidata.org/wiki/Track:Q32859555 "> </a>
  3. ↑ Geographic Names Information System
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  4. ↑ Long Branch // Big Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vol.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.

Literature

  • Long Branch // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 ext.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
  • Long Branch // Big Russian Encyclopedia : [35 t.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long- Branch&oldid = 98016365


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