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The City of London
CONTENTS
History
Governance
Geography
Demography
Economy
Transport
Education
Culture
Sports
Twin cities
HISTORY



NAMES
In c 121 it was called Londinium
The name of the city may derive from the river Thames.

In 1889, the name London was applied
EVENTS
Founded by Romans in A.D 43
At 11th century London was the largest and most prosperous city in England.
Many diseases came off from 13th to 14th century.

Great Fire of London destroyed many parts of the city in 1666
Became the world’s largest city from 1831 to 1925
30000 people were killed by German in World War II
GOVERNANCE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The administration of London is formed of 2 tiers – A city-wide, strategic tier and a local tier.
Policing in Greater London is provided by the Metropolitan Police Force
The London Fire Brigate is statutory fire and rescue service for Greater London
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
London is an important city, many Government Departments are located close to Parliament
The British Parliament is often referred to as the “Mother of Parliaments”.
GEOGRAPHY
POPULATION & AREA
Greater London:
Area: 1579 km2
Pop: 7.1 million
4,542 people/km2
Metropolitan London:
Area: 8,382 km2
Pop: 12.7 million
1,510 people/km2
CLIMATE
Marine climate
Summer: 30 oC
Winter: -8 oC
Sunshine: 1461 hrs
Snow is uncommon

DISTRICTS
City of London
City of Westminster
Kensington and Chelsea
Hammersmith and Fulham
Wandsworth
Lambeth
Southwark
Tower Hamlets
Hackney
Islington
Camden
Brent
Ealing
Hounslow
Richmond
Kingston
Merton
Sutton
Croydon
Bromley
Lewisham
Greenwich
Bexley
Havering
Barking and Dagenham
Redbridge
Newham
Waltham Forest
Haringey
Enfield
Barnet
Harrow
Hillingdon
ARCHITECTURE
VERY OLD
VERY MODERN
=> London’s Architecture range from very old to modern.
Here are some pictures
DEMOGRAPHY
ETHNIC GROUPs
69.4% of London’s population are White.
10.7% of London’s population are Black.
More than 300 languages spoken & more than50 non-indigenous communities which have a population of more than 10000 in London.
27.1% of London’s population were born outside.
RELIGIONS
Christian: 58.2%
No religion: 15.8%
Muslim: 8.5%
Hindus: 4.1%
Jews: 2.1%
Sikhs: 1.5%
Buddhists: 0.8
No infomation: 9.2%
ECONOMY
ECONOMY
One of the world’s largest financial centre alongside New York city:
Major centre for International business and commerce.
20% of UK’s GDP
Largest industry is finance.
More than half of the UK’s top 100 listed companies and over 100 of Europe’s 500 largest companies are headquartered in Central London
Tourism is one of London’s prime industries
TRANSPORT
Railways in London
ONE OF THE OLDEST, LONGEST & MOST EXPANSIVE METRO SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD
HIGH SPEED TRAINS
BUSes IN LONDON
London’s bus network is one of the largest in the world:
6M passengers
24 hrs a day
8000 buses, 700 routes
850M pound is taken in revenue each year.
RED DOUBLE-DECKER BUS is an iconic symbol of London
AIR
There are 8 airport in the city: Ashford, Biggin Hill, City, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Southend and Stansted.
London heathrow airport is the busiest in the world for international traffic.
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
London is home to a ranges universities, colleges and schools.
University colleges and Imperial College London have been ranked among top ten universities in the world.
EDUCATION
The number of Colleges are dedicated to the fine arts.
London is also known globally for its business education harbouring several top rate business schools. In addition, there are 3 international university.
CULTURE
ENTERTAINMENT
Many famous theatres
QUEEN’S THEATRE
ROYAL OPEARA
ROYAL ALBERT HALL
…..
London is one of the largest fashion centre in the world
VIVIENNE
WESTWOOD
STELLA McCartney
LITERATURE & FILM
Many writers: Samuel Pepys, William Shakespear, Daniel Defoe, Arthur Conan Doyle….
Many films: Peter Pan(1953), Ladykillers(1955), blowup(1966), secrets & lies (1996), Match Point(2005), The Demon barber of Fleet Street (2008)….
MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
Home to many museums, galleries and other institutions.
The British Library is the UK’s national library
MUSIC
One of the major classical and popular music.
Home to major music corporations such as EMI.
London has numerous venues for rock and pop concerts
SPORTs
SPORTs
Wembley Stadium is home to English Football.
London has hosted the Summer Olympics twice in 1908,1948 and will be chosen to host the Games in 2012.
The Most popular sport is football.

London also has 4 rugby union teams in the Guinness Premiership.
Cricket in London is served by 2 Test Cricket in St John’s Wood and the Oval in Kennington
One of London’s best-known annual sports competition is Wimbledon Tennis Championship
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