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is a city in Bradley County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 37,192 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Bradley County. It is the principal city of and is included in the Cleveland, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Chattanooga, Tennessee-Cleveland, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area.
Cleveland is located at . The city is situated among a series of low hills roughly 15 miles west of the Appalachian Mountains and 15 miles east of the Chickamauga Lake impoundment of the Tennessee River. The Hiwassee River, which flows down out of the mountains and forms the northern boundary of Bradley County, empties into the Tennessee a few miles northwest of Cleveland.
Cleveland is centered around U.S. Route 11(Lee Highway)'s intersection with several state and federal highways. U.S. Route 64 connects Cleveland with Murphy, North Carolina to the east and the Chattanooga area to the southwest. TN State Route 60 connects Cleveland with Dayton to the northwest and Georgia to the southeast, where the road becomes GA State Route 71. Interstate 75 passes just to the west of Cleveland, connecting the area with Knoxville and Chattanooga.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.0 square miles (64.6 km