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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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