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Peterborough

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Peterborough is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England, 74 miles north of London on the River Nene. As of the 2021 census the Peterborough urban area had a population of 192,178, and in 2023 the Peterborough City Council estimated the population of the wider district at 219,510.

Facts
Population
219,510 1
Area (sq km)
343 2
Founding Year
655 2
Elevation (m)
12 2
Latitude
52.5725 degrees north 2
Longitude
0.243056 degrees west 2
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1. Peterborough (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    As of the 2021 census, the Peterborough urban area had a population of 192,178, In 2023, the Peterborough City Council estimated the population of the wider district to be 219,510.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Peterborough (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 52.5725, longitude -0.243056
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 12 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 343.0 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 655
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Wikidata: Peterborough
Wikidata Q172438, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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