Bangor
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Places Called Bangor
Bangor is the name of several places:
- In the United Kingdom:
- Bangor, a town in County Down, Northern Ireland
- Bangor, a city in Gwynedd, Wales (and home of the University of Wales, Bangor)
- Bangor-on-Dee (a.k.a. Bangor Is-Coed or Bangor-Is-y-Coed), a village in Maelor, Wrexham (county borough), Wales
- In Australia:
- Bangor, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales
- In the United States:
- Bangor, Maine, the county seat of Penobscot County
- Bangor Township in Van Buren County, Michigan
- Bangor, the main city in Van Buren County's Bangor Township (after which the township was named)
- Bangor Township in Bay County, Michigan
- Bangor, a town in Franklin County, New York (state)
- Bangor, a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
- Bangor Naval Base, is a formerly autonomous U.S. Navy submarine base that is now an annex of Base Kitsap in Washington (state)
- Bangor, Wisconsin
- Bangor (town), Wisconsin
- Bangor Township, Minnesota
- East Bangor, Pennsylvania
- Bangor, California
- Bangor Township, Iowa
- Bangor Township, South Dakota
- In Canada:
- In the France:
Etymology of Bangor
The use of Bangor in place names is derived from the Welsh for a settlement enclosed by a wattle fence.