Manchester

Summary

Manchester is a city^[1]. Manchester has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Manchester was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• Manchester is located in Manchester^[4].
• Manchester is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Manchester is on the body of water River Irwell^[6].
• Manchester is on the continent of Europe^[7].
• Manchester's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Manchester's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Manchester's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[10].
• Manchester's official language is recorded as English^[11].
• Manchester's shares border with is recorded as Bolton^[12].
• Manchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Los Angeles^[13].
• Manchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Palembang^[14].
• Manchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chemnitz^[15].
• Manchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kanpur^[16].
• Manchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Córdoba^[17].
• Manchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rehovot^[18].
• Manchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Amsterdam^[19].
• Manchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Saint Petersburg^[20].
• Manchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Wuhan^[21].
• Manchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Faisalabad^[22].
• Manchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aydın^[23].
• Manchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Taldyqorğan^[24].
• Manchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Amsterdam^[25].
• Manchester's postal code is recorded as M^[26].
• Manchester's Commons category is recorded as Manchester^[27].

Body

Geography

Manchester is in the country of United Kingdom^[5]. Manchester is located in Manchester^[4]. Manchester is on the body of water River Irwell^[6]. Manchester is on the continent of Europe^[7].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+511852'}^[28], {'amount': '+520215'}^[29], {'amount': '+545500'}^[30], and {'amount': '+547627'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], big city^[9], and unparished area^[10].

History and Context

1301 marks the founding of Manchester^[32].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Manchester include Harris Manchester College^[33], a college of the University of Oxford^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], headquartered in Oxford^[36]; Manchester tart^[37]; North Manchester^[38], a town in the United States^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1846^[41], headquartered in Manchester^[42]; Manchester^[43], a city in the United States^[44], in United States^[45], founded in 1722^[46]; Manchester Airport^[47], an international airport^[48], in United Kingdom^[49], founded in 1934^[50]; Manchester liberalism^[51], a school of economic thought^[52]; Avro Manchester^[53], an aircraft type^[54]; and 758 Mancunia^[55], an asteroid^[56].

Why It Matters

Manchester has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Manchester is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[57]

Entities named for Manchester include Harris Manchester College^[33], a college of the University of Oxford^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], headquartered in Oxford^[36]; Manchester tart^[37]; North Manchester^[38], a town in the United States^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1846^[41], headquartered in Manchester^[42]; Manchester^[43], a city in the United States^[44], in United States^[45], founded in 1722^[46]; Manchester Airport^[47], an international airport^[48], in United Kingdom^[49], founded in 1934^[50]; and Manchester liberalism^[51], a school of economic thought^[52].