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Cape Cod Geographic Facts
Updated December 19, 2006
The Commission's Geographic Information System department has access to sets of data from many sources across the region. Here we offer some frequently sought geographic facts about Cape Cod, Massachusetts:
- Population: 228,683 (US Census estimate, April 2005)
- County: 1 - Barnstable County (see Web site)
- Towns: 15 municipalities (see map) - Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet, and Yarmouth
- Total Area: 412 square miles (396 square miles is upland)
- Highest Point of Land: Pine Hill in Bourne, 306 feet above sea level
- Deepest Pond: Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, 95 feet deep
- Largest Freshwater Feature (in surface area): Long Pond in Brewster and Harwich, 743 acres
- Number of Ponds:
| Town | Total | Greater than 10 acres (surface area) |
| Barnstable | 184 | 27 |
| Bourne | 73 | 7 |
| Brewster | 76 | 22 |
| Chatham | 44 | 7 |
| Dennis | 57 | 6 |
| Eastham | 23 | 5 |
| Falmouth | 142 | 23 |
| Harwich | 63 | 20 |
| Mashpee | 56 | 9 |
| Orleans | 63 | 4 |
| Provincetown | 31 | 3 |
| Sandwich | 63 | 10 |
| Truro | 20 | 4 |
| Wellfleet | 29 | 8 |
| Yarmouth | 70 | 10 |
| TOTAL: | 994 | 165 |
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