a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West
population of 514,417 as of 2013
United Kingdom's second-most populous urban area, with a population of 2.55
recorded history began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort of Mamucium orMancunium.
historically a part of Lancashire
unplanned urbanisation was brought on by a boom in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution and resulted in it becoming the world's first industrialised city.
Manchester achieved city status in 1853, the first new British city for three hundred years.
Ship Canal, at the time the longest river navigation canal in the world
2014， the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked Manchester as a beta world city and consequently as the highest-ranked British city apart from London.
Its metropolitan economy is the second biggest in England
It is notable for its architecture, culture, musical exports, media links, scientific and engineering output, social impact, sports clubs and transport connections.
Manchester Liverpool Road railway station was the world's first inter-city passenger railway station
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