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The City of London is a small area in Greater London. The modern conurbation of London developed from the City of London and the nearby City of Westminster, which was the centre of the royal government. The City of London is now London's main financial district. It is often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile (it is approximately one square mile (2.6 square kilometres) in area). In the Medieval period the City was synonymous with London, but the latter term is now reserved for the large conurbation surrounding it. The City of London is still part of London's city centre, but apart from financial services, most of London's metropolitan functions are centred on the West End. The City of London has a resident population of about 8,000 but a daily working population of around 300,000.
The City itself has two independent enclaves within it - Inner Temple and Middle Temple. It also has a number of exclaves well outside its own boundaries: these comprise eight open spaces (parks, forests and commons) in and around London. Its Latin motto is "Domine dirige nos" which means "Lord, direct us". The City of London borders the City of Westminster to the west - the border cutting through Victoria Embankment, passing to the west of Middle Temple, going east along Strand and Fleet Street, north up Chancery Lane, where it becomes instead the border with the London Borough of Camden. It continues north to Holborn, turns east, continues, then goes northeast to Charterhouse Lane. As it crosses Farringdon Road it becomes the border with the London Borough of Islington. It continues to Aldersgate, goes north, and turns into some back streets soon after it becomes Goswell Road. It ends up on Ropemakers Lane, which as it continues east past Moorgate becomes South Place. It goes north, becomes the border with the London Borough of Hackney, then east, north, east on backstreets, meeting Norton Folgate at the border with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It continues south into Bishopsgate, and takes some backstreets to Middlesex Street where it continues south-east then south. It makes a divergence to the west at the end of Middlesex Street to allow the Tower of London to be in Tower Hamlets, and then reaches the river. |
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Places of interest in London EC include: Barbican Centre Museum of London |
| The Rookery, Peters Lane, Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6DS |
| Thistle City Barbican, 120 Central Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1V 8DS |
| Citadines Apart'hotel Barbican, 7-21 Goswell Road, London EC1M 7AH |
| Express by Holiday Inn London City, 275 Old Street, Shoreditch, London EC1V 9LN |
| Threadneedles, 5 Threadneedle Street, London EC2R 8AY |
| The Chamberlain Hotel, 130 - 135 Minories, London EC3 1NU |
| Novotel London Tower Bridge, 10, Pepys Street, London EC3N 2NU |
| Club Quarters, Gracechurch, 7 Gracechurch Street, London EC3V 0DR |
| All London |
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