City of Canterbury

Canterbury, also known as the City of Canterbury, is a local government district with city status in , England. It is named after its largest settlement, , where the council is based.
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  • Type: Locality with 162,000 residents
  • Description: non-metropolitan district with city status in Kent, England
  • Also known as: “Canterbury”, “Cité de Cantorbéry”, “District de canterbury”, “District de Canterbury”, “District De Canterbury”, “Kenterberi”, “Mesto Canterbury”, “Городской округ Кентербери”, “Кентэрберы-Сіці”, and “کنتربری”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Canterbury Cathedral and St Augustine’s Abbey.

Church
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is the cathedral of the…

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St Augustine's Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in , Kent, England.

Church
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The Church of St Martin is a parish church in , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canterbury and Wincheap.

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is a cathedral and university city in , in the South East of .

Suburb
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is a road and suburb in , , England.

Village
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is a village on the Great Stour river situated 3 miles northeast of in . is situated 2½ miles northeast of City of Canterbury.

City of Canterbury

Latitude
51.2796° or 51° 16′ 47″ north
Longitude
1.0808° or 1° 4′ 51″ east
Population
162,000
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
Open location code
9F3373HJ+R8
Geo­Names ID
6945807
Wiki­data ID
Q1094104
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“City of Canterbury” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيتي كنتربري”
  • Armenian: “Սիթի օֆ Քենթերբերի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Siti-of-Kenterberi”
  • Belarusian: “Сіці-оф-Кентэрберы”
  • Catalan: “ciutat de Canterbury”
  • Cebuano: “City of Canterbury”
  • Chinese: “坎特伯里市”
  • Chinese: “坎特伯雷市”
  • Dutch: “City of Canterbury”
  • French: “Cantorbéry”
  • French: “cité de Canterbury”
  • French: “Cité de Canterbury”
  • Galician: “cidade de Canterbury”
  • German: “City of Canterbury”
  • Hebrew: “קנטרברי”
  • Irish: “Canterbury”
  • Italian: “Città di Canterbury”
  • Italian: “City of Canterbury”
  • Japanese: “シティ・オブ・カンタベリー”
  • Korean: “시티오브캔터베리”
  • Kurdish: “City of Canterbury”
  • Latvian: “Kenterberija (boro)”
  • Latvian: “Kenterberija”
  • Mazanderani: “سیتی کنتربری”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Canterbury Chhī”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “City of Canterbury (Eng-lân)”
  • Northern Frisian: “City of Canterbury”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “City of Canterbury”
  • Norwegian: “City of Canterbury”
  • Persian: “سیتی کنتربری”
  • Persian: “شهر کنتربری”
  • Polish: “City of Canterbury (Anglia)”
  • Polish: “City of Canterbury”
  • Romanian: “Canterbury (district)”
  • Romanian: “Canterbury”
  • Russian: “Сити-оф-Кентербери”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “City of Canterbury”
  • Slovenian: “Canterbury”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شهر کنتربری”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Canterbury”
  • Swedish: “City of Canterbury”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Canterbury”
  • Tajik: “Сити-оф-Кентерберӣ”
  • Ukrainian: “Кентербері-Сіті”
  • Urdu: “کینٹربری شہر”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Canterbury (syudad)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Canterbury”
  • Welsh: “Dinas Caergaint”
  • Western Panjabi: “کنٹربری”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Northgate and St Martin’s.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Dane John Mound and Canterbury Castle.

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Worth a closer look: Canterbury and Dover.

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