Manchester (/ˈmæntʃɪstər,-tʃɛs-/) is a city and metropolitan
borough in Greater Manchester, England. The city has a population of
547,627 (as of 2018) and lies within the United Kingdom's second-most
populous urban area, with a population of 2.7 million and third-most
populous metropolitan area, with a population of 3.3 million. It is
fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north
and east, and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous
conurbation. The local authority for the city is Manchester City
Council.The recorded history of Manchester began with the civilian
settlement associated with the Roman fort of Mamucium or Mancunium,
which was established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the
confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Although historically and
traditionally a part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the
River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century.
The first to be included, Wythenshawe, was added to the city in 1931.
Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township,
but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the
19th century. Manchester's 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 Manchester Ship Canal
opened in 1894, creating the Port of Manchester and directly linking
the city to the Irish Sea, 36 miles (58 km) to the west. Its fortune
declined after the Second World War, owing to deindustrialisation, but
the IRA bombing in 1996 led to extensive investment and regeneration.
Following successful redevelopment after the IRA bombing, Manchester
was the host city for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.The city is notable
for its architecture, culture, musical exports, media links,
scientific and engineering output, social impact, sports clubs and
transport connections. Manchester is a city of notable firsts.
Manchester Liverpool Road railway station was the world's first
inter-city passenger railway station. The city has also excelled in
scientific and engineering advancement, as it was at the University of
Manchester, in 1917, that scientist Ernest Rutherford first split the
atom. The university's further achievements include Frederic C.
Williams, Tom Kilburn and Geoff Tootill who developed and built the
world's first stored-program computer in 1948; and, in 2004, Andre
Geim and Konstantin Novoselov successfully isolated and characterised
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