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(kän-kord) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 55,977. It is the county seat of Cabarrus County and a winner of the All-America City Award in 2004. Located near the center of Cabarrus County, it is twenty miles northeast of Charlotte.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 51.6 square miles (400.6 km²), of which, 51.6 square miles (133.6 km²) of it is land and 0.02% is water.