User:Galobtter/examples/London
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London (/ˈlʌndən/) is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million.[3][note 1] It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia.[8] The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as Londinium and retains its medieval boundaries.[note 2][9] The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century,[10] the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire,[11] which since 1965 has largely comprised Greater London,[12] which is governed by 33 local authorities and the Greater London Authority.[note 3][13]
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- "London weather map". The Met Office. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- "Population and household estimates, England and Wales: Census 2021". ons.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- "2011 Census – Built-up areas". ONS. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- "Major agglomerations of the world". CityPopulation.de. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- Fenton, Trevor. "Regional economic activity by gross domestic product, UK: 1998 to 2021". ons.gov.uk.
- "Roman London". Museum of London. n.d. Archived from the original on 22 March 2008.
- Fowler, Joshua (5 July 2013). "London Government Act: Essex, Kent, Surrey and Middlesex 50 years on". BBC News.
- Mills, AD (2010). Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford University Press. p. 152.
Of course until relatively recent times the name London referred only to the City of London with even Westminster remaining a separate entity. But when the County of London was created in 1888, the name often came to be rather loosely used for this much larger area, which was also sometimes referred to as Greater London from about this date. However, in 1965 Greater London was newly defined as a much enlarged area.
- "The baffling map of England's counties". BBC News. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- "London Government Act 1963". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- Jones, Bill; Kavanagh, Dennis; Moran, Michael; Norton, Philip (2007). Politics UK. Harlow: Pearson Education. p. 868. ISBN 978-1-4058-2411-8.
- London is not a city in the usual UK sense of having city status granted by the Crown.
- The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished from the Lord Mayor of London, who heads the City of London Corporation running the City of London.