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trading post, trading station, or trading house, also known as a factory, is an establishment or settlement where goods and services could be traded.
Typically the location of the trading post would allow people from one geographic area to trade in goods produced in another area. In some examples, local inhabitants could use a trading post to exchange local products for goods they wished to acquire.
A trading post could be either a single building or an entire town. Trading posts could be established in a range of areas, including relatively remote ones, but were most often near the ocean, a river, or another natural resource.
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