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Cape Cod is an arm-shaped peninsula nearly coextensive with Barnstable County, Massachusetts and forming the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts in the United States.  The Cape's small town town character and beachfront brings heavy tourism during the summer months.

Cape Cod consists of four portions:

• The Upper Cape is the section closet to the mainland.  This portion includes towns of Bourne, Sandwich, Falmouth, and Mashpee.  Part of  Barnstable is located on the upper Cape, however, it is more commonly considered to be in the Mid-Cape area.  Falmouth is the home of the famous Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and several other research organizations.  It is also the most-used ferry connection to Martha's Vineyard.  Falmouth is composed of several separate villages, including East Falmouth, Falmouth Village, Hatchville, North Falmouth, Teaticket, Waquoit, West Falmouth, and Woods Hole along with several smaller hamlets incoporated into their larger neighbors such as Davisville, Falmouth Heights, Quissett, Sippewissett, and others.
• The Mid-Cape includes towns of Barnstable, Yarmouth and Dennis, and features many beautiful beaches, including warm-water beaches along Nantucket Sound.  Kalmus Beach in Hyannis gets its name from one of the inventors of Technicolor, Herbert Kalmus.  It is a popular windsurfing destination.  The Mid-Cape is also the commerical and industrial center of the region.  There are seven villages in Barnstable that include Barnstable Village, Centerville, Cotuit, Hyannis, Marstons Mills, Osterville, and West Barnstable, as well as several hamlets that are incorporated into their larger neighbors of Craigsville, Cummaquid, Hyannisport, Santuit, Wianno, and others.  There are three villages in Yarmouth:  South Yarmouth, West Yarmouth and Yarmouthport.
• The Lower Cape is the narrower portion of the cape, where it bends sharply to the north.  This section includes the towns of Harwich, Brewster, Chatham, and Orleans.
• The Outer Cape is the outermost part, containing the towns of Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown.  This area includes the Cape Cod National Seashore and is home to some of the most popular beaches in American such as Coast Guard Beach and Nauset Light Beach in eastham.

Cape Cod's beaches and dunes attract travelers from all over the world.

The large area of water spanning from Plymouth to Provincetown, bordered to the north by Massachusetts Bay and enclosed by Cape Cod is Cape Cod Bay; west of Cape Cod is Buzzards Bay.  To the south is Nantucket Sound; Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard are both large islands.  The mostly privately owned Elizabeth Islands in the town of Gosnold, which the most populated is Cuttyhunk.

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