Dearborn, Michigan

Dearborn is a city of nearly 98,000 people located in the Metro Detroit metropolitan area and Wayne County, Michigan in the United States. The city is the hometown of Henry Ford and the world headquarters of the Ford Motor Company, and the site of a University of Michigan campus as well as Henry Ford Community College.

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Metro Detroit - Metropolitan area - Wayne County, Michigan - United States - Henry Ford - Ford Motor Company - University of Michigan - Henry Ford Community College

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Dearborn is home to over 29,000 Arab-Americans, the second largest population within the U.S (New York, New York has nearly 70,000). Arabs first settled here to work in the automotive industry. In January of 2005 a new Arab American National Museum opened as a result of this large concentrated population. The city is also home to the Dearborn Mosque. Because of the Arab influence in Dearborn, store signs and billboards written in Arabic are common sights.

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New York, New York - Automotive industry - January - 2005 - Arab American National Museum - Dearborn Mosque

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Dearborn is home to the Ford River Rouge Plant, built by Henry Ford to make Ford Model T components, and later the birthplace (and former production line) of the Ford Mustang. It currently produces Ford F150 trucks. At one time the plant employed 100,000 people and produced finished vehicles from iron ore and sand.

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River Rouge Plant - Ford Model T - Ford Mustang - Ford F150

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