Northern Rhode Island

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Northern Rhode Island is the region encompassing the northern communities of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, including suburban and semi-urban areas that are part of the greater Providence metropolitan area.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Northern Rhode Island canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
region
borders Massachusetts
Providence
climate humid continental to humid subtropical transition
contains Burrillville
Central Falls
Cumberland
Foster
Glocester
Lincoln
North Providence
North Smithfield
Pawtucket
Smithfield
Woonsocket
country United States
governingLevel no formal administrative status
hasCharacteristic semi-urban
suburban
hasEconomicCharacteristic post-industrial
service-based economy
hasHistoricalCharacteristic former mill towns
hasMajorIndustry education
healthcare
light manufacturing
retail
hasMinorityLanguagePresence French
Portuguese
Spanish
hasTransportationLink Amtrak Northeast Corridor
linked to: Northeast Corridor

Interstate 295
Interstate 95
MBTA Commuter Rail (Providence/Stoughton Line)
U.S. Route 1
language English
locatedIn New England
Rhode Island
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
UTC−05:00
observesDaylightSavingTime UTC−04:00
partOf Greater Providence
Providence County
Providence metropolitan area
partOfMetropolitanStatisticalArea Providence–Warwick metropolitan area
state Rhode Island
usedFor economic development discussions
regional planning

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

WCVB-TV broadcastArea Northern Rhode Island
WHDH-TV serviceArea Northern Rhode Island