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(‘london’ is the ‘capital’ + ‘most populous city’ of ‘england’ + ‘the united kingdom’)
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(standing on the ‘river thames’ in the south east of the island of ‘Great Britain’, ‘London’ has been a major settlement for ‘2 millennia’)
(it was founded by the ‘Romans’, who named it Londinium)
(London’s ancient core, the ‘City of London’, largely retains its 1.12-square-mile (2.9 km2) medieval boundaries)
(since at least the 19th century, “London” has also referred to the ‘metropolis’ around this core, historically split between ‘Middlesex’, ‘Essex’, ‘Surrey’, ‘Kent’, and ‘Hertfordshire’, which today largely makes up ‘Greater London’, governed by the ‘Mayor of London’ and the ‘London Assembly’)
(‘London’ is a leading global city, in the ‘arts’, ‘commerce’, ‘education’, ‘entertainment’, ‘fashion’, ‘finance’, ‘healthcare’, ‘media’, ‘professional services’, ‘research and development’, ‘tourism’, and ‘transport’)
(it is one of the world’s leading ‘financial centers’ and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world.
(‘London’ is a “world cultural capital”)
(it is the world’s most-visited city as measured by ‘international arrivals’ and has the world’s largest city ‘airport system’ measured by ‘passenger traffic’)
(‘London’ is the world’s leading investment destination, hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city)
(London’s universities form the largest concentration of higher education institutes in ‘Europe’, and a 2014 report placed it first in the ‘world university rankings’)
(according to the report ‘London’ also ranks first in the world in ‘software’, ‘multimedia development and design’, and shares first position in ‘technology readiness’)
(in 2012, ‘London’ became the only city to have hosted the modern ‘Summer Olympic Games’ three times)
(‘London’ has a diverse range of people and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken in the region)
(its estimated mid-2015 municipal population (corresponding to ‘Greater London’) was 8,673,713, the largest of any city in the ‘European Union’, and accounting for 12.5% of the UK population)
(London’s urban area is the second most populous in the EU, after ‘Paris’, with 9,787,426 inhabitants at the ‘2011 census’)
(the city’s metropolitan area is one of the most populous in ‘Europe’ with 13,879,757 inhabitants, while the ‘Greater London Authority’ states the population of the city-region (covering a large part of the south east) as 22.7 million)
(‘London’ was the world’s most populous city from around 1831 to 1925)
(‘London’ contains four ‘World Heritage Sites’: the ‘Tower of London’; ‘Kew Gardens’; the site comprising the ‘Palace of Westminster’, ‘Westminster Abbey’, and ‘Saint Margaret’s Church’; and the historic settlement of ‘Greenwich’ (in which the ‘Royal Observatory’, ‘Greenwich’ marks the ‘Prime Meridian’, 0° longitude, and GMT)
(other famous landmarks include ‘Buckingham Palace’, the ‘London Eye’, ‘Piccadilly Circus’, ‘Saint Paul’s Cathedral’, ‘Tower Bridge’, ‘Trafalgar Square’, and ‘The Shard’)
(‘London’ is home to numerous
museums,
galleries,
libraries,
sporting events
and other cultural institutions,
including
the ‘British Museum’,
‘National Gallery’,
‘Natural History Museum’,
‘Tate Modern’,
*’the british library’*
*’west end’ theaters*
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(the ‘london underground’ is the oldest ‘underground railway network’ in the world)
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