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London

Also Known As Londinium (the Roman-founded settlement from which London grew)
Northern Europe

The capital and largest city of the United Kingdom, on the River Thames in southeastern England, and the seat of the UK Parliament and the Crown. The built-up area of Greater London is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of roughly 9.09 million as of 2024. In 1854 the physician John Snow traced a cholera outbreak in the Soho district to a single contaminated water pump on Broad Street, a founding episode of epidemiology conducted before germ theory itself was established.

Facts
Population
9,089,736 1
Corrected 2026-08-29 from an undated '2025 estimate' lead-section-cited figure (no population-year fact recorded) to the infobox's own precise figure, dated 2024 (Office for National Statistics Mid-Year Population Estimates, United Kingdom, June 2024).
Area (sq km)
1572 1
Founding Year
47 1
Roman founding as Londinium, per the infobox's own Established field.
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Latitude
51.50722 degrees north 1
Longitude
0.1275 degrees west 1
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England, States or Territories

london is associated with england.

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River Thames, Bodies of Water

London sits on the tidal Thames below Teddington Lock; the river was the reason the Romans founded the city where they did.

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River Thames, Bodies of Water
Source London (Wikipedia)
The British Isles, Regions

Greater London is the largest urban area in the British Isles.

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United Kingdom, Countries

London is the capital and largest city of the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom, Countries
Source London (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

England, States or Territories

london is the capital of england.

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United Kingdom, Countries

London is the capital of the United Kingdom.

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Cholera

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Antony Gormley

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Arthur Hughes

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Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Arthur HughesBirth and Death Places
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Born: London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
Augustus Pugin

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Caryl Churchill

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Charles Barry

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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Graham Sutherland

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Harold Pinter

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James Gillray

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Source James Gillray (Wikipedia)Early life
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was born in Chelsea, London
John Tenniel

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Born: London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
Michael Cardew

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Cardew was born in Wimbledon, London
Neoclassicism

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Pop Art

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Post-Impressionism

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Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

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Rachel Whiteread

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Stuckism

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William Blake

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William De Morgan

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William Hogarth

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William Staite Murray

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Yinka Shonibare

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Anglo-Irish Treaty

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Anglo-Japanese Alliance

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Charles III

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Entente Cordiale

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the written and partly secret agreement signed in London between the two powers on 8 April 1904
Jay Treaty

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Crippen Case

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Jack the Ripper Murders

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The First Lambeth Conference

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Westminster Assembly

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Despenser War

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International Accounting Standards Board

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Head office: Columbus Building, 7 Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, London E14 4HD, UK.
International Accounting Standards Committee

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International Iranian Economic Association

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Levant Company

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LIBOR

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London Stock Exchange

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Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)

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Prudential Regulation Authority (United Kingdom)

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Resolution Foundation

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South Sea Company

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The International Customer Service Institute

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Virginia Company

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British Council

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Imperial College London

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The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, known by its trade names Imperial College London and Imperial, is a public research university in London, England.
King's College London

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King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university in London, England.
London School of Economics and Political Science

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The London School of Economics and Political Science, commonly known as the London School of Economics (LSE), is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London.
University College London

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University College London, which operates as UCL, is a public research university in London, England.
Faraday Demonstrates Induction

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Bank of England

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Barings Bank

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Source Wikipedia: Barings BankLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
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Barings Bank was a British merchant bank based in London.
British Museum

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The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.
Company of Merchant Adventurers

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East India Company

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Hudson's Bay Company

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Imperial War Museum

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Levant Company

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Muscovy Company

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N M Rothschild and Sons

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Royal African Company

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The Royal African Company (RAC) was an English trading company established in 1660 by the House of Stuart and City of London merchants to trade along the West African coast.
South Sea Company

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Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)

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The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey after the street on which it stands, is a criminal court building in the City of London, one of several that house the Crown Court of England and Wales.
Court of Appeal of England and Wales

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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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Judicial functions of the House of Lords

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Palace of Westminster, London
King's Bench Division

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Rolls Building, City of London, London
Muslim Arbitration Tribunal

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Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

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Imperial College London

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The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, known by its trade names Imperial College London and Imperial, is a public research university in London, England.
National Physical Laboratory

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Natural History Museum, London

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University College London

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Arsenal FC

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England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)

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Rugby Football Union (RFU)

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The Football Association (The FA)

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Malaria No More UK

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Cockney

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Sources
1. London (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    with a population of 9.14 million people in 2025
  • Infobox
    Settled by Romans: AD 47; 1979 years ago (47), as Londinium
  • Infobox, coordinates
    51°30′26″N 0°7′39″W / 51.50722°N 0.12750°W
  • Infobox, Established
    Settled by Romans AD 47
  • Infobox, Population
    (2024) ... Total 9,089,736
  • Lead section, admin-division claim
    London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.14 million people in 2025.
  • Capital Of: United Kingdom, Lead section, capital fact
    London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.14 million people in 2025.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Wikidata: London
Wikidata Q84, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
River Thames (Wikipedia)
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British Isles (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: The British Isles, Lead section
Quote, Associated With: The British Isles, Lead section
The largest urban area by far is the Greater London Built-up Area with 9 million inhabitants.
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