Manchester
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Summary
Manchester is a city status in the United Kingdom[1]. Manchester has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Manchester[4]
- Country: United Kingdom[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: River Irwell[6]
- Continent: Europe[7]
- Instance of: unparished area[8]
- Official language: English[9]
- Shares border with: Bolton[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Los Angeles[11], Palembang[12], Chemnitz[13], Kanpur[14], Córdoba[15], Rehovot[16], Amsterdam[17], Saint Petersburg[18], Wuhan[19], Faisalabad[20], Aydın[21], Taldyqorğan[22]
- Postal code: M[23]
- Commons category: Manchester[24]
- Local dialing code: 0161[25]
- Inception: 1301[26]
- Coordinate location: 53.47944444444445, -2.245277777777778[27]
- Official website: https://cms.manchester.gov.uk/[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Manchester[29]
- Commons gallery: Manchester[30]
- Population: 511,852[31], 520,215[32], 545,500[33], 547,627[34]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[35], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[36], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[37], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[41], The New Student's Reference Work[42], Meyer’s Universum, Neunter Band[43]
- Capital of: Manchester[44]
- Official name: Manchester[45]
- Motto text: Concilio Et Labore[46]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Manchester[47]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Manchester[48]
- Demonym: Mancunian[49], mancuniani[50]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Manchester include Manchester[51], a city in the United States[52], in United States[53], founded in 1722[54]; Manchester Airport[55], an international airport[56], in United Kingdom[57], founded in 1934[58]; Avro Manchester[59], an aircraft type[60]; Manchester liberalism[61], a school of economic thought[62]; Manchester tart[63]; Harris Manchester College[64], a college of the University of Oxford[65], in United Kingdom[66], headquartered in Oxford[67]; HMS Manchester[68], a light cruiser[69]; and North Manchester[70], a town in the United States[71], in United States[72], founded in 1846[73], headquartered in Manchester[74].
Why It Matters
Manchester is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[75]
Entities named for Manchester include Manchester[51], a city in the United States[52], in United States[53], founded in 1722[54]; Manchester Airport[55], an international airport[56], in United Kingdom[57], founded in 1934[58]; Avro Manchester[59], an aircraft type[60]; Manchester liberalism[61], a school of economic thought[62]; Manchester tart[63]; and Harris Manchester College[64], a college of the University of Oxford[65], in United Kingdom[66], headquartered in Oxford[67].