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Delaware, "The First State", is located on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, bordered by the Atlantic ocean, the Delaware Bay and the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Delaware is easily accessible to major metropolitan areas of Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Baltimore, and Wilmington is strategically located approximately mid-point between New York and Washington.
Wilmington is often referred to as the "corporate capital of the world" due to the fact that half of the Fortune 500 companies call Wilmington their corporate home. Major employers in New Castle County are the State of Delaware, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Hercules Corporation, MBNA America, Inc., General Motors Corp., Astra-Zeneca, Chrysler Corp., Avon Products, W.L. Gore & Associates, and Conectiv.
Wilmington also offers 552 acres of parklands, preeminent centers for the performing arts such as The Grand Opera House and The Playhouse, quality education, tax free shopping, and extraordinary communities offering country living only minutes from downtown.
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