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London
is the capital of England and the United Kingdom
(UK). It is Britain's largest and most populous
metropolitan area. A major settlement for two
millennia, City of London, or the 'square mile'
financial district, largely retains its mediaeval
boundaries. Today, the bulk of this conurbation
forms the London region and the Greater
London administrative area, with its own elected
mayor and assembly.
Samuel Johnson
• “You find no man, at all intellectual, who is
willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a
man is tired of London, he is tired of life;
for there is in London all that life can
afford.”
Nickname: The Big Smoke
The Greater London Authority is
based in City Hall, Southwark
• The administration of London
is formed of two tiers—a citywide, strategic tier and a local
tier. City-wide administration is
coordinated by the Greater
London Authority while local
administration is carried out by
33 smaller authorities.The GLA
consists of two elected
components; the Mayor of
London, who has executive
powers, and the London
Assembly, who scrutinise the
mayor's decisions and can
accept or reject his budget
proposals each year.
History
• its history goes back
to its founding by the
Romans, who called it
Londinium. London's
core, the ancient
The Great Fire of London destroyed many parts of the city in 1666
• Since at least the
19th century, the
name "London" has
also referred to the
metropolis developed
around this core.
• The Natural History
Museum
• The Blitz and other
bombing by the
German Luftwaffe
during World War II
killed over 30,000
Londoners and
destroyed large tracts
of housing and other
buildings across
London.
London Heathrow Airport
• is the world's busiest airport by number of
international passengers and the airspace is the
busiest of any urban centre in the world
• The tube map, with its
schematic nongeographical layout
and colour-coded
lines, is considered a
design classic, and
many other transport
maps worldwide have
been influenced by it
• Immediately after the
war, the 1948
Summer Olympics
were held at the
original Wembley
Stadium, at a time
when the city had
barely recovered from
the war
• http://en.wikipedia.