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London
Capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
Also known as London, UK · London, United Kingdom · London, England · London UK · London U.K. · Londinium
- Country
- United Kingdom(since 1922)
2
Sources- 1.citymayors.com/gratis/uk_topcities.html
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2021-06-07
- , Roman Empire(0047–0410)
- , Kingdom of Essex(0500–0730)
- +5 more
- United Kingdom(since 1922)
- Located in
- Greater London(since 1965)
- , Kingdom of Wessex(until 0927)
- , Kingdom of England(0927–1707)
- +2 more
- Population
- 8,799,728(2021)
- , 8,908,081(2018)
1
Sources- 1.“Estimates of the population for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland”ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland
- , 8,787,892(2016)
- +22 more
- Area
- 1,572 km²
- Elevation
- 4 m
- , 15 m
- , 11 m
- +1 more
- Head of government
- Sadiq Khan(since 2016)
- , Ken Livingstone(2000–2008)
- , Boris Johnson(2008–2016)
- Founded
- 47
- Postal code
- E
- , EC
- , N
- +19 more
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
448 statements · 14% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Berlin(since 2000)
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- New York City(since 2001)
- Algiers
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- Tokyo(since 2015)
- Beijing(since 2006)
1
Sources- 1.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/zygx/dfjl/t693273.htmRetrieved 2018-12-05
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- Karachi
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- Delhi(since 2002)
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- Kuala Lumpur
- Oslo
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- Shanghai(since 2009)
1
Sources- 1.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/zygx/dfjl/t693273.htmRetrieved 2018-12-05
- Baku
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- Istanbul
- Los Angeles
- Podgorica
- New Delhi
- Phnom Penh
- Jakarta
- Amsterdam
- Bucharest
- Santo Domingo
- La Paz
- Mexico City
- Capital of
- United Kingdom
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Getty Thesaurus of Geographic NamesRetrieved 2018-06-18
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2021-06-07
- England
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Getty Thesaurus of Geographic NamesRetrieved 2018-06-18
- Kingdom of Essex
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- British North America
- British America
- Commonwealth of England
- United Kingdom
- Local dialing code
- 20
- 1322
- 1689
- 1708
- 1737
- 1895
- 1923
- 1959
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- 1992
- Native label
- London
- Official name
- London
- Demonym
- Londoner
- londinenc applies to part: male
- londinenca applies to part: female
- londinense
- londinese applies to part: masculine singular, feminine singular
- Londonien applies to part: male, masculine singular
- Londonienne applies to part: female, feminine singular
- londrino applies to part: male
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- londrina applies to part: female
- Londenaar applies to part: male
- Londense applies to part: female
- Λονδρέζος applies to part: male
- Λονδρέζα applies to part: female
- لندنی
- lontoolainen
- londonez
- londonano
- Londoner applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural
- Londonerin applies to part: feminine singular
- Londonerinnen applies to part: feminine plural
- londyńczyk applies to part: masculine singular
- londynka applies to part: feminine singular
- Londončanka applies to part: feminine singular
- лондончани applies to part: plural
- লন্ডনী
- Londralı
- Londončan applies to part: masculine singular
- Social media followers
- 53,541(February 10, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 2220031111
- 50,794(February 26, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 2220031111
- 47,193(January 5, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 2220031111
- 40,621(April 22, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 2220031111
- Highest point
- Biggin Hill elevation: 245 m
- Awards
- Legion of Honour(June 18, 2020) conferred by: Emmanuel Macron · award rationale: for the city's wartime role · speaker: Charles III
- Significant event
- 2012 Summer Olympics(2012)
- 7 July 2005 London bombings(July 7, 2005)
- 1948 Summer Olympics(1948)
- 1908 Summer Olympics(1908)
- Great Fire of London(1666)
- the Blitz(1940–1941)
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 51.6916°N, 0.1071°W
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 51.4681°N, 0.5104°W
- Coordinates of southernmost point
- 51.2893°N, 0.0585°E
- Coordinates of easternmost point
- 51.5419°N, 0.3340°E
- Copyright status
- public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States
On other databases
183 identifiers linking London across the web's reference databases
- AIATSIS Place Thesaurus ID4781
- Alvin IDalvin-place:21
- Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID11006
- Apple Maps "auid" identifier18366846785603624515
- ArchINFORM location ID766
- Archive of Our Own tagLondon
- Armeniapedia ID4836
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinelondonas
- Ávvir topic IDlondon
- BabelNet ID00013179n
- BBC News topic IDce73e14rlz3t
- BBC Things ID235a251e-f6e8-445c-b802-8253d34f6509
- Beta maṣāḥǝft IDLOC4325London
- BHCL UUIDc4cde031-9de0-4c40-a75b-d9f9d689b4e7
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID119861367
- Biblissima authority IDQ27500
- Britannica Kids kids level article ID345951
- Britannica Kids scholars level article ID108472
- Britannica Kids students level article ID275528
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDlondon-20
- CANTIC ID981058614056606706
- Catholic Encyclopedia ID09341a
- CNA topic IDlondon
- Comic Vine ID4020-55798
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/London/
- Dagens Nyheter topic IDlondon
- Data Commons IDwikidataId/Q84
- Der Spiegel topic IDlondon
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--421
- Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID1888
- DR topic IDlondon
- Early Modern Letters Online location IDd47ac318-b21c-4e04-9c3a-978354da19e9
- EDIT16 catalogue place ID73
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0011492
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/London
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDlondres
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID56389
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction IDlondon
- Eska.pl topic IDtg-RG4p-nGUz-BAjU
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ34
- Euronews topic IDlondon
- EuroVoc ID8498
- Facebook location ID106078429431815
- Facebook usernameLDNgov
- FactGrid item IDQ10412
- Fandom article IDlondon:London
- Fandom wiki IDlondon
- FAST ID1204271
- France 24 topic ID (French)londres
- Freebase ID/m/04jpl
- GamesIndustry.biz tag IDtopics/london
- Gaming Wiki Network article IDmedievil:London
- GeoNames ID2643743
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7011781
- Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)3035-212
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/London
- GitHub topiclondon
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online IDLondon (England, Great Britain)
- GND ID4074335-4
- GNS Unique Feature ID-2601889
- Golden ID (archived)London-4YKZ
- Google Maps Customer ID5951008119559891609
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDlondres
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0038390
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDLondon
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)2157436
- Grove Art Online IDT051656
- Gyldendals Teaterleksikon IDLondon
- Gynopedia IDLondon
- Harper's taglondon
- HDS ID006594
- Hikr waypoint ID35023
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID37081
- Hungarian National Namespace place ID (new)568834
- Hungarian National Namespace place ID (old)197471
- ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID30619
- IDAI.gazetteer ID2090478
- IdRef ID027922669
- IMDb keywordlondon-england
- Instagram usernameldn_gov
- Interlingual Index IDi83380
- J-GLOBAL ID200906037603436870
- J9U entity ID987007552651905171
- Japan Search name IDロンドン
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID10098
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)12497
- Joconde location IDT84-3524
- Kinobox person ID2089563
- Klexikon article IDLondon
- Krugosvet article (archived)Earth_sciences/geografiya/LONDON.html