Geography
Niagara Falls is located at 43°5′39″N 79°1′2″W / 43.09417°N 79.01722°W / 43.09417; -79.01722 (43.094305, -79.017339).
The city is located at the international boundary between the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Canada.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.8 square miles (44 km2), of that, 14.1 square miles (37 km2) of it is land and 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2) of it (16.37%) is water.
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