Street View of Greater London
8. Tower Hamlets
9. Hackney
10. Islington
11. Camden
12. Brent
13. Ealing
14. Hounslow
15. Richmond upon Thames
16. Kingston upon Thames
17. Merton
18. Sutton
19. Croydon
20. Bromley
21. Lewisham
22. Greenwich
23. Bexley
24. Havering
25. Barking and Dagenham
26. Redbridge
27. Newham
28. Waltham Forest
29. Haringey
30. Enfield
31. Barnet
32. Harrow
33. Hillingdon
Capital: London
Dialing code: +44
Area: 1,572 km2 (607 sq mi)
Population: 2011 census - 8,173,194 - Total (2011) – Density
8,173,194
Government: Unitary state, Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary
system
Official languages : English
Recognised regional languages : Cornish
Website: http://www.london.gov.uk/
London is the
capital city of England and the United Kingdom. With an estimated 8,308,369
residents in 2012, London is the most populous region, urban zone and
metropolitan area in the United Kingdom Standing on the River Thames,
London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to
its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core,
the City of London, largely retains its 1.12-square-mile (2.9 km2) mediaeval
boundaries. With its population of 7,375 in 2011, it is the smallest city in
England. Since at least the 19th century, the term London has also referred to
the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation
forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion,
finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is one of the
world's leading financial centres and has the fifth- or
sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world depending on measurement. London is a world cultural capital. It is the
world's most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the
world's largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic. London's
43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in
Europe. In 2012, London became the first city to host the modern Summer
Olympic Games three times.
History of England: The etymology of London is uncertain. It is an ancient
name and can be found in sources from the 2nd century. It is recorded c. 121 as
Londinium, which points to Romano-British origin. The earliest attempted
explanation, now disregarded, is attributed to Geoffrey of Monmouth in Historia
Regum Britanniae.This had it that the name originated from a supposed King
Lud, who had allegedly taken over the city and named it Kaerlud.
From 1898, it was commonly accepted
that the name was of Celtic origin and meant place belonging to a man called
*Londinos; this explanation has since been rejected.Richard Coates put
forward an explanation in 1998 that it is derived from the pre-Celtic Old
European *(p)lowonida, meaning 'river too wide to ford', and suggested that
this was a name given to the part of the River Thames which flows through
London; from this, the settlement gained the Celtic form of its name,
*Lowonidonjon; this requires quite a serious amendment however. The
ultimate difficulty lies in reconciling the Latin form Londinium with the modern
Welsh Llundain, which should demand a form *(h)lōndinion (as opposed to
*londīnion), from earlier *loundiniom. The possibility cannot be ruled out that
the Welsh name was borrowed back in from English at a later date, and thus
cannot be used as a basis from which to reconstruct the original name.
Until 1889, the name
"London" officially only applied to the City of London but since then
it has also referred to the County of London and now Greater London..... Wikipedia >> & Wikipedia >>
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