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Truro

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Truro is a city in Cornwall, England, the southernmost city in the United Kingdom, about 232 miles west-southwest of London, with 21,046 residents in the parish and 23,060 in the built-up area at the 2021 census. It was awarded city status in 1877 following the creation of the Diocese of Truro the previous year, and its cathedral was built between 1880 and 1910; historically a trading center through its port and tin mining industries, Truro is Cornwall's only city and serves as the county's administrative hub, home to Cornwall Council and the Royal Cornwall Museum, with Georgian and Victorian townhouses along Lemon Street among its notable architecture.

Facts
Population
21,046 1
Area (sq km)
6.21 2
Population Estimate Year
2021 2
Latitude
50.26 degrees north 2
Longitude
5.051 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 3
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1. Truro (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 21,046 and that of the built-up area was 23,060, as defined by the Office for National Statistics, which included the Gloweth and Treliske areas in the neighbouring parish of Kenwyn.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Truro (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 50.26, longitude -5.051
  • P2046 (area)
    area 6.21 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population (2021)
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3. GeoNames: Truro - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2635412
    50.26526 -5.05436 P PPLA2 GB ENG C6 00HE202 23041 15 Europe/London
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 15 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 50.25, -5.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.25, -5.25
50.25 -5.25 Cfb
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Wikidata: Truro
Wikidata Q180803, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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