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Trading post
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A trading post, trading station, or trading house, also known as a factory in European and colonial contexts, is an establishment or settlement where goods and services could be traded.
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Typically the location of the trading post allows people from one geographic area to trade in goods produced in another area. In some examples, local inhabitants can use a trading post to exchange local products for goods they wished to acquire.[1]
A trading post can be either a single building or an entire town.[2] Trading posts have been established in a range of areas, including relatively remote ones, but most often near the ocean, a river, or another natural resource.[3]