Q: Context: This is a list of the 565 municipalities in the U.S. state of New Jersey, ordered by population. There are five types of municipality in the state -- boroughs (250), cities (52), towns (15), townships (245), and villages (4). New Jersey, the fourth-smallest state, covers 8,722 square miles (22,590 km), meaning the average land size of a municipality in the state is about 15 square miles (39 km) -- but note the wide range of actual sizes in the map at right.

Question: how many cities are there in new jersey?
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To answer this question, we should know that: There are five types of municipality in the state -- boroughs (250), cities (52), towns (15), townships (245), and villages (4). So the answer is 52.