Manchester (Mahnchestur) is a ceety an metropolitan borough o Greater Manchester, in nor-wast Ingland.
Mair nor 452,000 fowk bide in the ceety, but 2,240,230 bides in the surroondin area.
Manchester | |
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City and Metropolitan borough | |
Clockwise from top: Skyline of Manchester City Centre, Beetham Tower, Manchester Civil Justice Centre, Midland Hotel, One Angel Square, Manchester Town Hall | |
Eik-name(s): "Cottonopolis", "Warehouse City", Madchester | |
Motto(s): "Concilio Et Labore" "By wisdom and effort" | |
Manchester shown within Greater Manchester | |
Coordinates: 53°28′N 2°14′W / 53.467°N 2.233°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | North West England |
City region | Manchester |
Ceremonial county | Template:Kintra data Greater Manchester |
Historic county | Lancashire (north of River Mersey) Cheshire (south of River Mersey) |
Founded | 1st century |
Town charter | 1301 |
City status | 29 March 1853 |
Administrative HQ | Manchester (Town Hall) |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Metropolitan borough |
• Bodi | Manchester City Council |
• Leadership | Leader and Cabinet |
• Executive | Labour |
• Leader | Sir Richard Leese |
• Lord Mayor | Carl Austin-Behan |
• Chief Executive | Joanne Roney |
Area | |
• ceety | 115.6 km2 (44.6 sq mi) |
• Urban | 630.3 km2 (243.4 sq mi) |
Area rank | 204t |
Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
Population (2011 est.) | |
• ceety | 551,938 |
• Rank | 6t |
• Density | 4349/km2 (11,260/sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,553,379 (2nd) |
• Urban density | 4051/km2 (10,490/sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,794,000 (3rd) |
• Ethnicity | White groups (66.7% ) Asian (14.4%) Black (8.6%) Mixed (4.7%) Chinese (2.7%) Arab (1.9%) Other (1.2%) |
Demonym(s) | Mancunian Manc (colloq.) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
Postcode auries | M WA |
Diallin code | 0161 |
ISO 3166 code | GB-MAN |
GSS code | E08000003 |
NUTS 3 code | UKD33 |
OS grid reference | SJ838980 |
Motorways | M56 M60 A57(M) A635(M) |
Trunk primary routes | A5103 |
Major railway stations | Manchester Airport (B) Manchester Oxford Road (C1) Manchester Piccadilly (A) Manchester Victoria (B) |
Tramways | Metrolink |
Internaitional airports | Manchester (MAN) |
GDP | US$ 92.3 billion |
- Per capita | US$ 35,029 |
MPs | Graham Stringer (L) Lucy Powell (L) Sir Gerald Kaufman (L) Jeff Smith (L) Mike Kane (L) |
Councillors | 96 |
European Pairlament | North Wast Ingland |
Polis aurie | Greater Manchester |
Fire service | Greater Manchester |
Ambulance service | North West |
Website | www.manchester.gov.uk |
The ceety haes a lang history, datin back tae the Roman era.
The rowth o cotton in Great Breetain led tae Manchester becomin an industrial ceety. The Manchester Ship Canal alloued ships tae muive faurther up tae the ceety in the 18t century. Cotton factories an textile mills becam employers o monie fowk in Manchester an the local airt.
Manchester's main sport is nae dout fitbaw as the ceety is hame tae Ingland's twa maist muckle fitbaw teams Manchester United an Manchester City. United play thair hame gemmes at Auld Trafford in Greater Manchester, the maist muckle fitbaw stadium in the Unitit Kinrick. Thay war the maist succesfu Inglis fitbaw team syne the beginin o the Inglis Premiership. Syne the Premiership began thay hiv wan the 8 League teetles.
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