London

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London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. The ancient City of London (called Londinium, by the Romans), to which the name originally belonged, still retains its mediaeval boundaries, but the name 'London' has long been applied more generally to the whole metropolis which has grown up around it. Londinium built on the north bank of the River Thames in around 50 AD. By the 18th century London was the biggest city in the world. It was the most populous city in the world from 1825 until 1925.
An important settlement for around two millennia, London is today one of the world's leading business, financial and cultural centres, and its influence in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the major global cities. It is the largest city in the EU with a population of over 7 million. It will also host the Olympics in 2012.

(360 virtual tour):
www.360cities.net/area/london-england

London-photos on google maps: tinyurl.com/2wnjphs
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   51°31'7"N   -0°5'52"E
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Comments

  • Anyway, I like London a lot. Probably my favorite city in Europe.
  • Those are some great images. Heres hoping for London to be the 2012 Olympics city!
  • I love London!
  • England is a Best Cuntry of this world.
  • The polygon attached to this page bears no relationship whatsoever to the boundary of (Greater) London, which instead contains all 31 Boroughs plus the Cities of London & Westminster, it is much much too small. But neither does it bear any relation to the far smaller area commonly termed 'Central London' instead, which has its own separate polygon in any event. It bears some relationship to the postal area of inner London covered by 'compass point' London postcodes and that's it. Mapping UK locations according to such 'postcode' criterion is directly contrary to the unanimous consensus of the WM community as concluded at the following forum thread: http://wikimapia.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8629 Now that there has been some increase in the maximum size of polygons which we ordinary WMians are allowed to produce, then if the AUs were prepared to unlock/unprotect this polygon (and especially if Admins were equally prepared to unrestrict the number of polygon points permitted) I'd be quite happy to have a go at making the WM Polygon for this place, as famous and important as this is, a great deal more accurate than it is at present.