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Manchester is a city in the North West of England, UK. The place is named from the old British name Mamucium plus ceaster, derived from the old Latin \'Castra\'. Manchester is a metropolitan borough with city status. The borough has a population of 437,000, whilst the urban area has a population of 2,237,000, and is situated in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester which has a population of 2,539,000. [1] Greater Manchester was created in 1974, mostly from Lancashire and Cheshire, and some people still consider Manchester to be part of Lancashire. The name \'Manchester\' is often used to refer to the entire metropolis (which extends even outside Greater Manchester). People from Manchester are called Mancunians. Many class Manchester as being the combined areas of Manchester, Trafford, Tameside, Salford and Stockport, with the other areas being towns in Lancashire or Cheshire
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