City of London
The City of London, also known as the City, or the Square Mile, is the area of London that originally lay within the ancient city walls. This independent part of Central London is known for its history and heritage, so is a must for anyone wishing to explore and understand London.Photo: Tristan Surtel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: jikatu, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: City with 7,380 residents
- Description: city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district in the London Region in England, UK
- Neighbors: Hackney and Westminster
Notable Places in the Area
London Bridge
Several bridges named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London.St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of London.30 St Mary Axe
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gherkin, formally 30 St Mary Axe and previously known as the Swiss Re Building, is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
Localities in the Area
South Bank
Photo: Bloodholds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one of the city's cultural centres.
Holborn-Clerkenwell
Photo: Matthew Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holborn-Clerkenwell is a district in central London that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.
Southwark and Lewisham
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwark and Lewisham are two boroughs of inner south east London.
City of London
Latitude
51.51562° or 51° 30' 56" northLongitude
-0.092° or 0° 5' 31" westPopulation
7,380Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open Location Code
9C3XGW85+66OpenStreetMap ID
node 27365030OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2643741Wikidata ID
Q23311City of London Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: City of London
- Arabic: Syudad han London
- Arabic: مدينة لندن
- Aragonese: Ciudat de Londres
- Armenian: Լոնդոնյան Սիթի
- Asturian: City of London
- Basque: City of London
- Belarusian: Лёнданскі Сіці
- Belarusian: Сіці (Лёндан)
- Belarusian: Сіці
- Bengali: লন্ডন শহর ও কাউন্টি
- Bengali: শহর অব লন্ডন
- Bengali: সিটি অব লন্ডন
- Breton: Kêr Londrez
- Bulgarian: Сити
- Catalan: La City
- Cebuano: City of London
- Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Londres
- Chinese: Lûn-tun Chhī
- Chinese: 伦敦城
- Chinese: 伦敦市
- Chinese: 倫敦市
- Chinese: 倫敦金融城
- Czech: City
- Czech: City of London
- Czech: Londýnská City
- Danish: City of London
- Dutch: City of London
- Egyptian Arabic: مدينه لندن
- English: City and County of the City of London
- English: City of London (unparished area)
- English: London
- English: Square Mile
- English: square mile
- English: the City
- English: the square mile
- Esperanto: City
- Esperanto: Civito de Londono
- Estonian: City of London
- Finnish: Lontoon City
- French: City de Londres
- French: City of London
- French: Cité de Londres
- French: La City
- French: cité de Londres
- Galician: Cidade de Londres
- Georgian: ლონდონის სიტი
- German: City of London
- German: London
- German: London City
- Greek: Πόλη του Λονδίνου
- Greek: Σίτι του Λονδίνου
- Gujarati: લંડનનું શહેર
- Hebrew: הסיטי של לונדון
- Hindi: सिटी ऑफ़ लंदन
- Hungarian: City of London
- Icelandic: Fjármálahverfi Lundúna
- Icelandic: Lundúnaborg
- Indonesian: City of London
- Indonesian: Kota London
- Irish: Cathair Londan
- Italian: Città di Londra
- Italian: City di Londra
- Italian: City of London
- Italian: La City
- Italian: Londra
- Japanese: シティ・オブ・ロンドン
- Kannada: ಸಿಟಿ ಆಫ್ ಲಂಡನ್
- Kazakh: Сити
- Korean: 시티오브런던
- Kurdish: City of London
- Ladin: City of London
- Latin: Civitas Londinium
- Latin: Urbs Londiniensis
- Latvian: Londonas Sitija
- Lithuanian: Londono Sitis
- Macedonian: Сити
- Malay: Bandaraya London
- Malay: Bandar raya London
- Marathi: लंडनचे शहर
- Marathi: सिटी ऑफ लंडन
- Min Nan Chinese: Lûn-tun Chhī
- Mirandese: Cidade de Londres
- Northern Frisian: City of London
- Norwegian: City of London
- Norwegian Bokmål: City of London
- Norwegian Nynorsk: City of London
- Occitan (post 1500): Ciutat de Londres
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Lundenceaster
- Ossetian: Сити (Лондон)
- Ossetian: Сити
- Persian: سیتی لندن
- Polish: City of London
- Portuguese: Cidade de Londres
- Portuguese: City of London
- Quechua: City of London
- Romanian: City of London
- Russian: Лондонский Сити
- Russian: Сити (Лондон)
- Russian: Сити
- Scots: Ceety o Lunnon
- Serbian: Сити
- Serbo-Croatian: City of London
- Sinhala: ලන්ඩන් නගරය
- Slovak: City of London
- Slovenian: City of London
- South Azerbaijani: سیتی لندن
- Spanish: City de Londres
- Spanish: Londres
- Swedish: City of London
- Tagalog: Lungsod ng Londres
- Tajik: Ноҳияи Лондон Сити
- Tajik: Ситии Лондон
- Tamil: லண்டன் நகரம்
- Telugu: లండన్ నగరం
- Thai: นครลอนดอน
- Tumbuka: City of London
- Turkish: Londra Şehri
- Ukrainian: Лондонське Сіті
- Ukrainian: Лондонське сіті
- Urdu: لندن
- Urdu: لندن شہر
- Vietnamese: Thành phố Luân Đôn
- Vlaams: City of London
- Waray (Philippines): London
- Welsh: Dinas Llundain
- Welsh: y Filltir Sgwâr
- Western Panjabi: لندن شہر
- Wu Chinese: 伦敦城
- Yiddish: סיטי פון לאנדאן
- Yue Chinese: 倫敦市
- Zulu: Idolobha weLondon
- The City
Other Places Named City of London
In the Area
- VintryQuarter
- CornhillQuarter
- FinsburySuburb
- BishopsgateQuarter
- SmithfieldNeighbourhood
- Bishopsgate WithoutNeighbourhood
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page City of London. Photo: jikatu, CC BY-SA 2.0.