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Provincetown

A town of 3,703 people in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Town in Massachusetts, United States
1700Established
3,664Population
17.5 sq miArea

Provincetown () is a town located at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States census, Provincetown has a summer population as high as 60,000. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Often called "P-town" or "Ptown", the locale is known as a vacation destination for its beaches, harbor, artists, and tourist industry, particularly for LGBTQ people.

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ZIP code02657
Area code508
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