East Coast of the United States
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The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the coastline where the Eastern United States meets the North Atlantic Ocean. This region includes Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and the federal capital of Washington, D.C..[2]
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| Country |  United States |
| Principal cities | Boston Providence Hartford New York City Buffalo Newark Philadelphia Baltimore Washington, D.C. Richmond Virginia Beach Raleigh Charlotte Atlanta Jacksonville Orlando Tampa Miami |
| Largest city | New York City |
| Largest metropolitan area | New York metropolitan area |
| Population (2017 estimate) | |
| • Total | 118,042,627[1] |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Although Pennsylvania, Vermont, and West Virginia have no Atlantic Ocean coastline, they are also part of the East Coast of the U.S. because of their presence in the East Coast regions of the Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Old South, respectively,[3] and because each were members of the original Thirteen Colonies from which the nation was formed following the Revolutionary War.