Ann Arbor, city (2020 pop. 123,851),
seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and
educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development
firms, many in high-technology fields such as aerospace and nuclear research. Educational
facilities include the Univ. of Michigan and Concordia College. Industries include printing
and publishing and the manufacture of electronic, medical, and transportation equipment and
precision machinery. The city is also a medical center; in addition to the university
hospitals and medical school, it has a community hospital and a neuropsychiatric hospital. The
university has museums of art, natural science, and archaeology and a botanical garden.
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