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Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby counties in middle central Alabama, in the United States. A suburb of Birmingham, the population of the city was 62,742 as of the 2000 (census) and was estimated to be 67,469 in 2005. Hoover is now one of the three primary cities in the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area, consisting of the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan statistical area and the Cullman micropolitan area. Hoover’s neighborhoods and planned communities are located along the once rolling foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

Hoover is home to the Riverchase Galleria, which is one of the largest shopping centers in the Southeast and Alabama's most visited tourist destination. Also, it is one of the largest mixed-used centers in the country (around 2 million in square footage). The anchors of this shopping center are JCPenney, Parisian, Belk, Macy's, and Sears.

The Birmingham Barons minor league baseball team, which traces its history to 1885, plays its home games at the 10,800 seat Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.

Points of interest
Aldridge Gardens
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Riverchase Galleria
Patton Creek Shopping Center

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