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Oxford is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Founded in the eighth century, it was granted city status in 1542. It had a population of 166,034 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
166,034 1
Area (sq km)
46 1
Founding Year
750 1
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
61 1
Latitude
51.75194 degrees north 1
Longitude
1.25778 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 2
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oxford is associated with england.

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The Provisions of Oxford (Latin: Provisiones Oxonie or Oxoniae) were constitutional reforms to the government of late medieval England adopted during the Oxford Parliament of 1258 to resolve a dispute between Henry III of England and his barons.

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

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Oxford, England

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in the south east corner of the city of Oxford

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In 1963, with the assistance of Bedi and other sympathetic Westerners, Trungpa received a grant from the Spalding Trust to spend time at Oxford, and was granted "common room" access to St Antony's College, at Oxford University.

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During the English Civil War he was deprived of his benefices and his prebendal stall at Canterbury Cathedral and retired to Oxford refusing to acknowledge the authority of Oliver Cromwell, who, notwithstanding, requested him to write an impartial history of the events of the period.

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He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford.

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Traherne was educated at Hereford Cathedral School and matriculated in Brasenose College, Oxford, on 2 April 1652, receiving his baccalaureate degree on 13 October 1656.

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Source University of Oxford (Wikipedia)Lead, sentence 1
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The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.
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1. Oxford (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Oxford ( ) is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    166,034
  • Lead section
    It had a population of 166,034 in 2024.
  • Infobox, Area
    46 km2
  • Infobox, Elevation
    61 m
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    51.75194
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    -1.25778
  • Wikipedia infobox field 'Founded' = '8th century' on the 'Oxford' 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. GeoNames: Oxford - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2640729
    51.75222 -1.25596 P PPLA2 GB ENG K2 38UC 162100 72 Europe/London
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 72 m
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3. 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 51.75, -1.25
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51.75 -1.25 Cfb
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Wikidata: Oxford
Wikidata Q34217, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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