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According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, the City of Birmingham is the most populous local government district (and therefore in terms of population actually the UK’s largest City-proper) with a population of 1.145 million — substantially larger than the City of Manchester, which at 552,000 is only the sixth largest, behind Birmingham ...
Manchester (/ ˈ m æ n tʃ ɪ s t ə (r),-tʃ ɛ s-/ ⓘ) [6] [7] is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had an estimated population of 568,996 in 2022. [4] Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, [8] and the largest in Northern ...
Birmingham was the first city to be named National City of Sport by the Sports Council. [394] Birmingham was selected ahead of London and Manchester to bid for the 1992 Summer Olympics, [395] but was unsuccessful in the final selection process, which was won by Barcelona. [396] Test cricket at Edgbaston Cricket Ground
This is a list of the five most populous incorporated places and the capital city in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited territories of the United States, as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau.
Large cities other than London, such as Manchester or Birmingham, are often confused with these conurbations. Manchester has a significantly lower population than Birmingham, though the Greater Manchester Built-up Area is more populous than the West Midlands conurbation. [15]
This is a list of the most populous municipal corporations of the United States. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place includes cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and municipalities. [a] A few exceptional census-designated places (CDPs) are also included in the Census Bureau's listing of incorporated places.
A large number of places in the U.S were named after places in England largely as a result of English settlers and explorers of the Thirteen Colonies. Some names were carried over directly and are found throughout the country (such as Manchester , Birmingham and Rochester ).
This report is known as the State of the English Cities Report [2] and was maintained by the Department for Communities and Local Government. Using this definition the term "city" is used as a primary urban area, which is distinct from the Office for National Statistics urban area agglomerations, with a total population in excess of 125,000. [ 3 ]