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Huntsville| City in northeastern Alabama, USA; seat of Madison County; population (2000) 158,200. It is the centre of an agricultural region; manufactured products include aerospace and military equipment, computer hardware and software, compact discs, textiles, electrical and electronic goods, metal products, chemicals, machinery, and cosmetics. |
| The community was settled in 1805 and incorporated in 1811. During the American Civil War, Huntsville was occupied and burned by Union troops. |
| Just outside the city is the Redstone Arsenal, which includes an army missile centre and the George C Marshall Space Flight Centre. Huntsville is the seat of the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (1875), Oakwood College (1896), and the University of Alabama in Huntsville (1950); it is also the site of the United States Space and Rocket Centre. |
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