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Akron (pronounced /ˈækrən/), is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately 39 miles (63 km) south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city proper had a total population of 199,110.[3] The Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, covers both, Summit and Portage counties. In 2010, the area had a population of 703,200.[3] Akron is also part of the larger Cleveland-Akron-Elyria Combined Statistical Area, which in 2010 had a population of 2,780,440.