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Situated on the Grand River, some 30 miles east of Lake Michigan, Grand Rapids offers many things to do and is the second biggest city in Michigan. Grand Rapids is the county seat of Kent County and is located in the western part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. This city has an estimated population of 198,000 people, with over 1 million living in the surrounding metropolitan area.
Grand Rapids has close links with nearby cities of Muskegon and Holland and is one of the leading locations in the United States for furniture manufacture, home to five of the biggest furniture producers in the world, which helped to earn the city its nickname of 'Furniture City'. 'River City' is another nickname for Grand Rapids, due to its location on the banks of the Grand River.
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