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Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It had a population of 149,352 in 2024. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
149,352 1
Area (sq km)
41 1
Founding Year
1209 1
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
6 2
Latitude
52.205 degrees north 1
Longitude
0.1225 degrees east 1
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England, States or Territories

cambridge is associated with england.

Source Cambridge (Wikipedia)
United Kingdom, Countries
Source Cambridge (Wikipedia)
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University of Cambridge

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Quote, Lead
The University of Cambridge is a collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England.

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Isaac Newton

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Newton was a fellow of Trinity College and the second Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge; he was appointed at the age of 26.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
University of Cambridge

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The University of Cambridge is a collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England.
Trinity College, Cambridge

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Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
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while he was a mathematics student at the University of Cambridge
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1. Cambridge (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Cambridge ( KAYM-brij) is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    149,352
  • Article text
    In 2024, Cambridge Connect proposed repurposing the planned route of the cancelled metro as a light railway. Cambridge University stated its 2020/21 student population was 24,270, and Anglia Ruskin reports 24,000 students across its two campuses (one of which is outside Cambridge, in Chelmsford) for the same period.
  • Infobox, Area
    41 km2
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    52.20500
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    0.12250
  • Wikipedia infobox field 'Founded' = 'c. 1209 as Granta Brygg' on the 'Cambridge' article, read and judged (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)
  • Associated With: United Kingdom, Infobox, Sovereign state
    United Kingdom
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Cambridge (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
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elevation 6 m
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Wikidata: Cambridge
Wikidata Q350, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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