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Manchester is situated in the North west of England. It had a 2002 population of 422,302. The city was also voted England’s second city in 2004, ahead of Birmingham for the first time.
Manchester was settled upon in Roman times where a general called Agricola set up a fort called Mamucium, meaning “breast shaped hill”. It has a huge history in cotton production, dating from when the lemish weavers settled here in the 14th century to the Industrial revolution.
In the 1990s Manchester earned the nickname “gunchester” after its spate of gun crime carried out by young men in the local clubs.The IRA also detonated a bomb famously in the city centre at 11.20 am on Saturday 15 June 1996, and destroyed the Arndale shopping centre and injured a reported 206 people. The area of Canal street has earned the status of “Gay capital of the UK” after its vibrant gay culture.
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