Westminster
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the West End cultural centre including the entertainment area of West End theatre.
- Type: Quarter with 248,000 residents
- Description: area of the City of Westminster in the London Region in England
- Also known as: “Borough of Westminster”, “City of Westminster”, “Ciudad de Westminster”, “Ciutat de Westminster Centre”, “Sen Stefan”, “Urbo Westminster”, “Wastmeinster”, “Westminster (London)”, “Вестмінстэр”, “مدينة ويستمينستر”, “ويستمنستر”, “웨스터민스터”, and “ウエストミンスター”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Leicester Square and London St Pancras International.
Leicester Square
Places in the Area
Nearby places include City of London and South Bank.
Westminster
- Categories: area of London, market town, and locality
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5004° or 51° 30′ 2″ north
Longitude
-0.1265° or 0° 7′ 36″ west
Population
248,000
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Westminster” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Westminster”
- Arabic: “وستمنستر”
- Armenian: “Վեսթմինսթեր”
- Armenian: “Վեստմինստեր”
- Asturian: “Westminster”
- Azerbaijani: “Vestminster”
- Balinese: “Westminster”
- Basque: “Westminster”
- Belarusian: “Вэстмінстэр”
- Belarusian: “Ўэстмінстэр”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্টমিনস্টার”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্টমিনিস্টার শহর”
- Bulgarian: “Уестминстър”
- Catalan: “Westminster”
- Chinese: “威斯敏斯特”
- Chinese: “西敏”
- Cornish: “Westminster”
- Crimean Tatar: “Vestminster”
- Czech: “Westminster”
- Danish: “Westminster”
- Dimli (individual language): “Westminster”
- Dutch: “Westminster”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويستمينستر”
- Esperanto: “Vestministro”
- Esperanto: “Westminster”
- Finnish: “Westminster”
- French: “Westminster”
- Galician: “Westminster”
- Georgian: “უესტმინსტერი”
- German: “Westminster”
- Greek: “Ουέστμινστερ”
- Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમમિન્સ્ટર”
- Hebrew: “וסטמינסטר”
- Hindi: “वेस्टमिंस्टर”
- Hungarian: “Westminster”
- Icelandic: “Westminster”
- Irish: “Westminster”
- Italian: “Westminster”
- Japanese: “ウェストミンスター”
- Kabyle: “Westminster”
- Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ಮಿನಿಸ್ಟರ್”
- Kirghiz: “Вестминстер”
- Korean: “웨스트민스터”
- Latin: “Westmonasterium”
- Latvian: “Vestminstera”
- Lithuanian: “Vestminsteris”
- Luxembourgish: “Westminster”
- Macedonian: “Вестминстер”
- Malagasy: “Westminster”
- Maltese: “Westminster”
- Mingrelian: “ვესტმინსტერი”
- Moksha: “Вэстминстэр”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Westminster”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Westminster”
- Norwegian: “Westminster”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Westminster”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westmynster”
- Panjabi: “ਵੈਸਟਮਿੰਸਟਰ”
- Persian: “وستمینستر”
- Polish: “Westminster”
- Portuguese: “Westminster”
- Romanian: “Westminster”
- Russian: “Вестминстер”
- Scots: “Wastmeenster”
- Serbian: “Vestminster”
- Serbian: “Вестминстер”
- Sindhi: “ويسٽ منسٽر”
- Slovak: “Westminster”
- Slovenian: “Westminster”
- South Azerbaijani: “وستمینستر”
- Spanish: “Westminster”
- Swedish: “Westminster”
- Tagalog: “Westminster”
- Tajik: “Вестминстер”
- Tamil: “வெஸ்ட்மின்ஸ்டர்”
- Telugu: “వెస్ట్ మిన్స్టర్”
- Thai: “เวสต์มินสเตอร์”
- Turkish: “Westminster”
- Ukrainian: “Вестмінстер”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ منسٹر”
- Vietnamese: “Westminster”
- Welsh: “Westminster”
- Western Frisian: “Westminster”
- Western Panjabi: “ویسٹ منسٹر”
- Wu Chinese: “威斯敏斯特”
- Yiddish: “וועסטמינסטער”
- Yoruba: “Westminster”
- Yue Chinese: “西敏”
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