History of Lewiston, Maine
Lewiston, in Androscoggin County, Maine|Androscoggin County, is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2000 census (USA)|2000 census, the city's population was 35,690. It is one of two principal cities of and included within the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan New England City and Town Area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area (which is part of the Portland, Maine|Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, Maine|South Portland, Maine Combined Statistical Area).
A former industrial center, it is located in southwest Maine, at the falls of the Androscoggin River, across from Auburn, Maine|Auburn. Lewiston and Auburn are often thought of as a single entity and referred to as Lewiston-Auburn, which is colloquially abbreviated as L-A or L/A, and have a combined population of roughly 59,000 people. Lewiston is home to Bates College, the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, the University of Southern Maine's Lewiston-Auburn College, and two significant regional general hospitals: Central Maine Medical Center and Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center.
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