Oxford (pronooncit [ˈɒksfəd]) is a ceety, an the coonty toun o Oxfordshire, in Sooth East Ingland. The ceety, made prominent bi its medieval university, haes a population o juist unner 165,000, wi 151,000 livin athin the district boondary. The rivers Cherwell an Thames run through Oxford an meet sooth o the ceety centre. For a distance o some 10 mile (16 km) alang the river, in the vicinity o Oxford, the Thames is kent as The Isis.
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Oxford
City of Oxford |
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Ceety an non-metropolitan destrict |
 Frae tap left tae bottom richt: Oxford skyline panorama frae St Mary's Kirk; Radcliffe Camera; High Street frae abuin leukin east; University College; High Street bi nicht; Naitural History Museum an Pitt Rivers Museum. |
 Coat o airms o Oxford |
| Eik-name(s): "the Ceety o Dreamin Spires" |
| Motto(s): "Fortis est veritas" "The truth is strong" |
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| Coordinates: 51°45′7″N 1°15′28″W |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
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| Constituent kintra | Ingland |
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| Region | Sooth East Ingland |
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| Ceremonial coonty | Oxfordshire |
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| Admin HQ | Oxford Ceety Centre |
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| Foondit | 8t century |
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| Ceety status | 1542 |
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| Govrenment |
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| • Teep | Ceety |
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| • Govrening body | Oxford Ceety Cooncil |
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| • Lord Mayor | Cllr Mohammed Abbasi[1] (2014–2015) (Lab) |
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| • Sheriff o Oxford | Rae Humberstone (Lab) |
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| • Executive Cooncil Leader | Labour
Cllr Bob Price |
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| • MPs | Nicola Blackwood (C)
Andrew Smith (L) |
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| Area |
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| • Ceety an non-metropolitan destrict | 45.59 km2 (17.60 sq mi) |
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| Population (2011 est.) |
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| • Ceety an non-metropolitan destrict | 162,040 (ranked 118t o 326) |
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| • Density | 3270/km2 (8,500/sq mi) |
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| • Urban | 171,380[2] |
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| • Metro | 244,000 |
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| • Ethnicity[3] | 72.4% White Breetish
6.7% Ither White
8.5% South Asian
3.7% Black
4.3% Cheenese
3.0% Mixed Race
2.5% Ither
1.4% White Erse |
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| Demonym(s) | Oxonian |
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| Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
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| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
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| Postcode | OX1 • OX2 • OX3 • OX4 |
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| Area code(s) | 01865 |
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| ISO 3166-2 | GB-OXF |
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| ONS code | 38UC (ONS)
E07000178 (GSS) |
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| OS grid reference | SP513061 |
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| Website | www.oxford.gov.uk |
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Buildings in Oxford demonstrate an example o ivery Breetish architectural period since the arrival o the Saxons, includin the iconic, mid-18t century Radcliffe Camera. Oxford is kent as the "ceety o dreamin spires", a term coined bi poet Matthew Arnold in reference tae the harmonious architecture o Oxford's university buildings. The University o Oxford is the auldest university in the Inglis-speakin warld.[4]
