Cambridge

:This article is about the Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England; see also other places called Cambridge.

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The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. It lies approximately 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of London and is surrounded by a number of smaller towns and villages. It is also at the heart of Silicon Fen, which has a reputation as the leading high-technology centre of Britain, mostly because both Acorn Computers and Sinclair were founded there, and is one of the major constituent parts of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc.

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Cambridge is best known for the University of Cambridge, which includes the renowned Cavendish Laboratory, the King's College chapel, and the Cambridge University Library. The Cambridge skyline is dominated by the last two, along with the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital in the far south of the city. The city's name is pronounced "Came-bridge", as opposed to another Cambridge in Gloucestershire, England, which is pronounced "Cam-bridge": as it is spelt.

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University of Cambridge - Cavendish Laboratory - King's College - Cambridge University Library - Addenbrooke's Hospital - Cambridge - Gloucestershire

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According to the 2001 census, the population was 108,863 (including 22,153 students).

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