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Lewiston and Auburn, known as the Twin Cities of the Androscoggin, together form the industrial and commercial heart of Maine. Although separated by the Androscoggin River, they share nearly every city amenity and service except government. Both cities possess a diversified economy dependent on services and manufacturing. A remarkable cooperative effort between the cities brought to the region a building boom of unprecedented proportions in the late 1980s. During the decade that followed, the economy had begun shifting away from large manufacturers to entrepreneurial small companies. Lewiston continues to be one of the strongest manufacturing areas in New England.
The City in Brief
| 1770 (incorporated, 1795) | |
| Mayor Lionel C. Guay Jr. (since January 2004) | |
| 40,481 | |
| 39,757 | |
| 35,690 | |
| 35,922 | |
| -10.3% | |
| 540th | |
| 664th (State rank: 2nd) | |
| Not reported (State rank: 2nd) | |
| 93,679 | |
| 90,830 | |
| -3.0% | |
| 256th | |
| 268th | |
| 34 square miles (2000) | |
| 121 feet above sea level | |
| 46.1° F | |
| 45.8 inches of rain, 70.1 inches of snow | |
| Services, manufacturing, trade, government | |
| 5.5% (February 2005) | |
| $17,905 (1999) | |
| Not reported | |
| Not reported | |
| 3,322 | |
| Bates College, Lewiston-Auburn College of the University of Southern Maine | |
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