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Geneva is a city in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 13,617 at the 2000 census. Some claim it is named after the city and canton of Geneva in Switzerland. Others believe the name came from confusion over the letters in the word "Seneca" written in cursive.

The City of Geneva is located by the eastern border of the county and is inside the Town of Geneva. The city claims to be the "Lake Trout Capital of the World."

Geneva lies at the northern end of the Seneca Lake, in the Finger Lakes region, the largest wine-producing area in New York State. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.2 km² (5.8 mi²). 11.0 km² (4.3 mi²) of it is land and 4.1 km² (1.6 mi²) of it (27.18%) is water.

Geneva on east-west US Route 20 conjoined with New York State Route 5. New York State Route 14 is a north-south highway through the city.

Colleges and Universities:
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, the successor institution to Geneva College.
The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Finger Lakes Community College has a campus in Geneva.

Tourism:
One of the major industries in and around Geneva is wine making. The area is becoming increasingly popular for Agri-tourism, there are over 100 wineries in the Finger Lakes Region and the Seneca Lake Wine Trail provides easy access to many of these from Geneva. As Geneva grows as a tourist destination so do the number of rooms available.

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