Manchester

:This article is about the city in England. For alternative meanings, see Manchester (disambiguation).

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Manchester is a city in the North West of England. The place is named from the old British name Mamucium plus ceaster, derived from the old Latin "Castra". The metropolitan borough of Manchester, with a population of 437,000, lies at the heart of a large conurbation called Greater Manchester, with a population of 2,539,000 (figures based on 2004 estimates). It is one of England's core cities and is regarded by some as England's second city http://www.mori.com/polls/2002/manchester.shtml.

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North West - England - Castra - Metropolitan borough - Conurbation - Greater Manchester - Core cities - Second city

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The term "Manchester" is often used to refer to the entire conurbation, much as "London" is usually used to mean Greater London, but many of the constituent parts of Greater Manchester, such as Salford, Wigan and Bolton, are substantial and separate towns (or a separate city in the case of Salford), and retain strong identities. People from Manchester are called Mancunians.

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Greater London - Greater Manchester - Salford - Wigan - Bolton

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