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Because it has great strategic advantages:
1) It has a large, deep, ice-free harbour
2) The approaches to the harbour are easily defended from the land
3) It has a large hill in the centre of the city (Citadel Hill) where a military fort was built. The fort site was easily defended (in fact, it never had a shot fired in anger) and gave a commanding view over the harbour and the surroundling land.
4) It had many nearby sources of fresh water (for provisioning ships) and trees (for ship's lumber and masts)
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