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| Ironside | Jun 29 2014, 09:34 AM Post #1 |
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Noisy, vibrant and truly multicultural, '''London''' is a megalopolis of people, ideas and frenetic energy. The capital and largest city of both [[England]] and of the [[United Kingdom]], it is also the largest city in Western [[Europe]] and the European Union. Situated on the River Thames in [[South East (England)|South-East England]], '''Greater London''' has an official population of a little over 8 million. However, London's urban area stretched to 9,787,426 in 2011, while the figure of 14 million for the city's wider metropolitan area more accurately reflects its size and importance. Considered one of the world's leading "global cities", London remains an international capital of culture, music, education, fashion, politics, finance and trade. ==Districts== The name London originally referred only to the once-walled "Square Mile" of the original Roman (and later medieval) city (confusingly called the "[[London/City of London|City of London]]" or just "The City"). Today, London has taken on a much larger meaning to include all of the vast central parts of the modern metropolis, with the city having absorbed numerous surrounding towns and villages over the centuries, including large portions of the surrounding "home counties", one of which - Middlesex - being completely consumed by the growing metropolis. The term "Central London" is widely used on both signs and by the media to decribe the downtown area of the city, which encompasses The City, most of the City of Westminster, and some of the surrounding boroughs. The term "Greater London" embraces Central London together with all the outlying suburbs that lie in one continuous urban sprawl within the lower Thames valley. Though densely populated by New World standards, London retains large swathes of green parkland and open space, even within the city centre. '''Greater London''' consists of 32 London boroughs and the City of London that, together with the office of the Mayor of London, form the basis for London's local government. The Mayor of London is elected by London residents and should not be confused with the Lord Mayor of the City of London. The names of several boroughs, such as [[London/Westminster|Westminster]] or [[London/Camden|Camden]], are well-known, others less so, such as [[London/Wandsworth|Wandsworth]] or [[London/Southwark-Lewisham|Lewisham]]. This traveller's guide to London recognises cultural, functional and social districts of varying type and size: |
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