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City of London

The City of London, also known as the City, or the Square Mile, is the area of that originally lay within the ancient city walls. This independent part of Central London is known for its history and heritage, so is a must for anyone wishing to explore and understand London.
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  • Type: City with 10,800 residents
  • Description: city, ceremonial county and local government district containing the historic center and the primary central business district in the London Region in England, UK
  • Also known as: “City and County of the City of London”, “City of London (unparished area)”, “London”, “square mile”, “Square Mile”, “the City”, “The City”, and “the square mile”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include London Bridge and St Paul’s Cathedral.

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The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the between the City of London and in since Roman times.

Church
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St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle, is an Anglican cathedral in , the seat of the Bishop of London.

Museum
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is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art. It forms part of the Tate group together with , Tate Liverpool and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holborn-Clerkenwell and South Bank.

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is a district in central that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.

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The is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.

Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
are two boroughs of inner south east .

City of London

Latitude
51.51562° or 51° 30′ 56″ north
Longitude
-0.092° or 0° 5′ 31″ west
Population
10,800
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGW85+66
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27365030
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2643741
Wiki­data ID
Q23311
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“City of London” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “City of London”
  • Arabic: “مدينة لندن”
  • Aragonese: “Ciudat de Londres”
  • Armenian: “Լոնդոնյան Սիթի”
  • Asturian: “City of London”
  • Balinese: “Kota London”
  • Basque: “City of London”
  • Belarusian: “Лёнданскі Сіці”
  • Belarusian: “Сіці (Лёндан)”
  • Belarusian: “Сіці”
  • Bengali: “লন্ডন শহর ও কাউন্টি”
  • Bengali: “শহর অব লন্ডন”
  • Bengali: “সিটি অব লন্ডন”
  • Breton: “Kêr Londrez”
  • Bulgarian: “Сити”
  • Catalan: “La City”
  • Cebuano: “City of London”
  • Cebuano: “Dakbayan sa Londres”
  • Central Kurdish: “شاری لەندەن”
  • Chinese: “Lûn-tun Chhī”
  • Chinese: “伦敦城”
  • Chinese: “伦敦市”
  • Chinese: “倫敦市”
  • Chinese: “倫敦金融城”
  • Czech: “City of London”
  • Czech: “City”
  • Czech: “Londýnská City”
  • Danish: “City of London”
  • Dutch: “City of London”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه لندن”
  • Esperanto: “City”
  • Esperanto: “Civito de Londono”
  • Estonian: “City of London”
  • Finnish: “Lontoon City”
  • French: “cité de Londres”
  • French: “Cité de Londres”
  • French: “City de Londres”
  • French: “City of London”
  • French: “La City”
  • Galician: “Cidade de Londres”
  • Georgian: “ლონდონის სიტი”
  • German: “City of London”
  • German: “London City”
  • German: “London”
  • Greek: “Πόλη του Λονδίνου”
  • Greek: “Σίτι του Λονδίνου”
  • Gujarati: “લંડનનું શહેર”
  • Hebrew: “הסיטי של לונדון”
  • Hindi: “सिटी ऑफ़ लंदन”
  • Hungarian: “City of London”
  • Icelandic: “Fjármálahverfi Lundúna”
  • Icelandic: “Lundúnaborg”
  • Indonesian: “City of London”
  • Indonesian: “Kota London”
  • Irish: “Cathair Londan”
  • Italian: “Città di Londra”
  • Italian: “City di Londra”
  • Italian: “City of London”
  • Italian: “La City”
  • Italian: “Londra”
  • Japanese: “シティ・オブ・ロンドン”
  • Kannada: “ಸಿಟಿ ಆಫ್ ಲಂಡನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Сити”
  • Korean: “시티오브런던”
  • Kurdish: “City of London”
  • Ladin: “City of London”
  • Latin: “Civitas Londinium”
  • Latin: “Urbs Londiniensis”
  • Latvian: “Londonas Sitija”
  • Lithuanian: “Londono Sitis”
  • Macedonian: “Лондонски Сити”
  • Macedonian: “Сити”
  • Malay: “Bandar raya London”
  • Malay: “Bandaraya London”
  • Marathi: “लंडनचे शहर”
  • Marathi: “सिटी ऑफ लंडन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lûn-tun Chhī”
  • Mirandese: “Cidade de Londres”
  • Northern Frisian: “City of London”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “City of London”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “City of London”
  • Norwegian: “City of London”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ciutat de Londres”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lundenceaster”
  • Ossetian: “Сити”
  • Persian: “سیتی لندن”
  • Polish: “City of London”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Londres”
  • Portuguese: “City of London”
  • Quechua: “City of London”
  • Romanian: “City of London”
  • Russian: “Лондонский Сити”
  • Russian: “Сити (Лондон)”
  • Russian: “Сити”
  • Scots: “Ceety o Lunnon”
  • Serbian: “Сити (Лондон)”
  • Serbian: “Сити”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “City of London”
  • Sinhala: “ලන්ඩන් නගරය”
  • Slovak: “City of London”
  • Slovenian: “City of London”
  • Slovenian: “London”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیتی لندن”
  • Spanish: “City de Londres”
  • Spanish: “Londres”
  • Swedish: “City of London”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Londres”
  • Tajik: “Ноҳияи Лондон Сити”
  • Tajik: “Ситии Лондон”
  • Tamil: “லண்டன் நகரம்”
  • Telugu: “లండన్ నగరం”
  • Thai: “นครลอนดอน”
  • Tumbuka: “City of London”
  • Turkish: “City of London”
  • Turkish: “Londra Şehri”
  • Turkish: “Square Mile”
  • Ukrainian: “Лондонське сіті”
  • Ukrainian: “Лондонське Сіті”
  • Urdu: “لندن شہر”
  • Urdu: “لندن”
  • Venetian: “Città di Londra”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Luân Đôn”
  • Vlaams: “City of London”
  • Waray (Philippines): “London”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Syudad han London”
  • Welsh: “Dinas Llundain”
  • Welsh: “y Filltir Sgwâr”
  • Western Panjabi: “لندن شہر”
  • Wu Chinese: “伦敦城”
  • Yiddish: “סיטי פון לאנדאן”
  • Yue Chinese: “倫敦市”
  • Zulu: “Idolobha weLondon”

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