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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
123,867 1
Area (sq km)
41 2
Founding Year
1209 2
Population Estimate Year
2024 2
Elevation (m)
6 1
Latitude
52.205 degrees north 2
Longitude
0.1225 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 3
Connections

Associated With

England, States or Territories

cambridge is associated with england.

Source Cambridge (Wikipedia)
United Kingdom, Countries
Source Cambridge (Wikipedia)
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Origin Of

University of Cambridge

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

Location Of

Synod of Newtown (1637)

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Site Of

Trinity Apocalypse

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Acorn Computers

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Cambridge University Press

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Source Cambridge University Press (Wikipedia)History, 1963 entry
Quote, History, 1963 entry
The press moved to its current site in Cambridge in 1963.
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Arm Holdings

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headquartered in Cambridge
Trinity College Cambridge

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within the Town and University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge

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Source University of Cambridge (Wikipedia)Lead
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a collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England
C. S. Lewis

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Georges Lemaître

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Henry Sidgwick

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Isaac Newton

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Source Isaac Newton (reference article)Wikipedia contributorslead paragraphtier 3
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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.
Ross Nichols

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Harvard University

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Source Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
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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.
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge

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the University of Cambridge
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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is a research institute in Cambridge, England
Trinity College, Cambridge

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Source Trinity College, Cambridge (Wikipedia)Lead, sentence 1
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Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
University of Cambridge

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Frontier Developments

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based at the Cambridge Science Park in Cambridge, England
University of Cambridge

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Source University of Cambridge (Wikipedia)Lead, location
Quote, Lead, location
The University of Cambridge is a collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England.

Found There

Dodgem

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while he was a mathematics student at the University of Cambridge
Sources
1. Cambridge (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 6 m
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2. 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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3. GeoNames: Cambridge - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2653941
    52.2 0.11667 P PPLA2 GB ENG C3 12UB 145674 12 Europe/London
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 12 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, 0.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, 0.25
52.25 0.25 Cfb
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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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