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    London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom. It is located on the River Thames in southeast England. London has a population of over 8 million people and has been a major settlement for over 2000 years since it was founded by the Romans as Londinium. The City of London financial district covers an area of just 1.12 square miles but still serves as the economic and governmental center of both London and the UK.

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    London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom. It is located on the River Thames in southeast England. London has a population of over 8 million people and has been a major settlement for over 2000 years since it was founded by the Romans as Londinium. The City of London financial district covers an area of just 1.12 square miles but still serves as the economic and governmental center of both London and the UK.

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    London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom. It is located on the River Thames in southeast England. London has a population of over 8 million people and has been a major settlement for over 2000 years since it was founded by the Romans as Londinium. The City of London financial district covers an area of just 1.12 square miles but still serves as the economic and governmental center of both London and the UK.

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    Capital City: London

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    London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom. It is located on the River Thames in southeast England. London has a population of over 8 million people and has been a major settlement for over 2000 years since it was founded by the Romans as Londinium. The City of London financial district covers an area of just 1.12 square miles but still serves as the economic and governmental center of both London and the UK.

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    the historic city and financial district within London, see City of London.

    For other uses, see London (disambiguation).


    London
    Capital city

    Clockwise from top: City of London in the foreground with Canary Wharf in the far background,
    Trafalgar Square, London Eye, Tower Bridge and a London Underground roundel in front of
    Elizabeth Tower
    London
    Location within the United Kingdom
    Show map of the United KingdomShow map of EnglandShow map of EuropeShow all

    Coordinates: 51°30′26″N 0°7′39″WCoordinates: 51°30′26″N 0°7′39″W


    Sovereign state United Kingdom
    Country England
    Region London (coterminous)
    Greater London
    Counties
    City of London
    AD 47[1]
    Settled by Romans
    as Londinium
    Districts City of London & 32 boroughs
    Government
    Executive mayoralty and deliberative assembly
     • Type
    within unitary constitutional monarchy
    Greater London Authority
     • Body • Mayor Sadiq Khan, L
    • London Assembly
     • London Assembly 14 constituencies
     • UK Parliament 73 constituencies
    Area
     • Total[A] 607 sq mi (1,572 km2)
     • Urban 671.0 sq mi (1,737.9 km2)
     • Metro 3,236 sq mi (8,382 km2)
     • City of London 1.12 sq mi (2.90 km2)
     • Greater London 606 sq mi (1,569 km2)
    Elevation
    36 ft (11 m)
    [2]
    Population
     (2018)[4]
     • Total[A] 8,961,989[3]
     • Density 14,670/sq mi (5,666/km2)
     • Urban 9,787,426
     • Metro 14,257,962[5] (1st)
     • City of London 8,706 (67th)
     • Greater London 8,899,375
    Demonyms Londoner
    GVA (2018)
    [6]
    £487 billion
     • Total
    ($649 billion)
    £54,686
     • Per capita
    ($72,915)
    Time zone UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)
     • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
    Postcode areas 22 areas[show]
    Area codes 9 area codes[show]
    City of London
    Police
    Metropolitan
    Fire and rescue London
    Ambulance London
    Heathrow (LHR)
    City (LCY)
    Outside London:
    Airports Gatwick (LGW)
    Stansted (STN)
    Luton (LTN)
    Southend (SEN)
    GeoTLD .london
    Website london.gov.uk
    London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom.[8][9] The city stands on
    the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to
    the North Sea, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. Londinium was founded by
    the Romans.[10] The City of London, London's ancient core and financial centre − an area of just
    1.12 square miles (2.9 km2) and colloquially known as the Square Mile − retains boundaries that
    closely follow its medieval limits.[11][12][13][14][15][note 1] The adjacent City of Westminster is
    an Inner London borough and has for centuries been the location of much of the national
    government. Thirty one additional boroughs north and south of the river also comprise modern
    London. London is governed by the mayor of London and the London Assembly.[16][n

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