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Newport, Rhode Island
Newport
is a seaside city on
Aquidneck Island
in
Newport County
,
Rhode Island
,
United States
. The City of Newport is located approximately south-east of
Providence
, south of
Fall River
, and south of
Boston
. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous
Newport Mansions
, it is the home of
Salve Regina University
and
Naval Station Newport
which houses the United States
Naval War College
, the
Naval Undersea Warfare Center
, and a major
United States Navy
training center. A major 18th-century port city, Newport now contains among the highest number of surviving
colonial
buildings of any city in the United States.
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