Map of Boston Metropolitan Area

Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England, and its surrounding areas. The most stringent definition of the region, used by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, consists of most of the eastern third of mainland M…
Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England, and its surrounding areas. The most stringent definition of the region, used by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, consists of most of the eastern third of mainland Massachusetts, excluding the Merrimack Valley and most of Southeastern Massachusetts, though most definitions include much of these areas and portions of southern New Hampshire.
  • Country: United States
  • State: Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island
  • Principal cities: Boston · Worcester · Providence · Cambridge · Manchester · Lowell · Brockton · Quincy · Lynn · New Bedford
  • Area code(s): 617, 781, 857, 339, 978, 508, 351, 774, 603, 401
  • Time zone: UTC−5 (EST)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org