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Concord is the capital of New Hampshire, a state of the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 40,687. (The estimated population in 2005 was 42,221.[1]) It is the county seat of Merrimack County.

Concord includes the villages of Penacook, East Concord and West Concord. The city is home to the Franklin Pierce Law Center, the only law school in the state; the St. Paul's School, a private preparatory school; and the Granite State Symphony Orchestra.

The land was originally settled thousands of years ago by Native Americans called the Pennacook. They fished for migrating salmon, sturgeon and alewives with nets strung across the rapids of the Merrimack River. The stream was also the transportation route for their birch bark canoes, which could travel from Lake Winnipesaukee to the Atlantic Ocean. The broad sweep of the valley provided good soil for farming beans, gourds, pumpkins, melons and maize.